From: drs0587@sc.tamu.edu (Dave Safford) Subject: Re: Enscript anyone Date: 1 Apr 1993 14:53:54 GMT
In article 27729@mtu.edu, devmorfo@mtu.edu (Eumorfopoulos) writes:
>I need a very simple utility that exists in most of the real Un*x machines that I
>know. It is called enscript and iot translates ASCII text into postcript. I need
>this for a simple fax manager that I managed to port under linux. It works, but it
>requires ensript in order to queue ASCII files to be faxed. If anyone can tell
>where I can find the sources please send me reply through mail (please).
>
> Thanks Dimitris
enscript is copyright adobe.
I checked out a large number of public domain equivalents, and picked a2ps
for use in TAMU.99p4. I actually prefer its 2-up output over enscript's,
and it is easier to use as a filter, as enscript wants to output to lpr.
You can pick it up at:
Host wuarchive.wustl.edu
Location: /mirrors/unix-c/postscript
FILE -rw-r--r-- 20067 Mar 8 1990 a2ps.tar-z