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paps: UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango

NAME

paps - UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango

SYNOPSIS

paps [options] files...

DESCRIPTION

paps reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline curves through the pango ft2 backend.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

--landscape

Landscape output. Default is portrait.

--columns=cl

Number of columns output. Default is 1.

--font=desc

Set the font description. Default is Monospace 12.

--rtl

Do rtl layout.

--paper ps

Choose paper size. Known paper sizes are legal, letter, a4. Default is A4.

--bottom-margin=bm

Set bottom margin in postscript points (1/72 inch). Default is 36.

--top-margin=tm

Set top margin. Default is 36.

--left-margin=lm

Set left margin. Default is 36.

--right-margin=rm

Set right margin. Default is 36.

--help

Show summary of options.

--header

Draw page header for each page.

--markup

Interpret the text as pango markup.

--encoding=ENCODING

Assume the documentation encoding is ENCODING.

--lpi

Set the lines per inch. This determines the line spacing.

--cpi

Set the characters per inch. This is an alternative method of specifying the font size.

--stretch-chars

Indicates that characters should be stretched in the y-direction to fill up their vertical space. This is similar to the texttops behaviour.

AUTHOR

paps was written by Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld [at] gmail.com>.

This manual page was written by Lior Kaplan <kaplan [at] debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).