m2ps(1)

Usage

m2ps [options] < infile > outfile

Overview

m2ps runs as a filter and converts a text encoded in Mule internal code (called *internal*) to a PostScript program to print it. To handle a text not coded in *internal*, you have to convert the code to *internal* at first. You can use coco for the code conversion. You can also use any2ps to do all the job (code conversion and PostScript generation).

Options

`-ps file`	Use file as a header for PostScript.
`-dpi num`	Use num as a resulution of output device. Default is 300.
`-fs num`	Use num as FontScale in point. Default is 10.
`-lp num`	Use num as LinePitch in point. Default is 14.
`-ml num`	Use num as a line counts in a page. Default is 56.
`-tm num`	Use num as a TopMargin in point. Default is 800.
`-lm num`	Use num as LeftMargin in point. Default is 30.

-sm: Indicate your PostScript printer has short memory.

-bm: Indicate your PostScript printer has large memory. This is the default.

-fp pathlist: Use pathlist as a comma-separated search path of BDF files.

-cs file: Use file as a path of a file CHARSETS which contains information of character sets and fonts.

-a4: Indicate A4 paper size. This is the default.

-us: Indicate US-LETTER paper size.

-ver: Shows version number.

Font specification

m2ps search for BDF files according to a pathlist (list of comma-separeated directory) and filenames described in file CHARSETS. Each line of this file contains information about one character set. The line has 7 to 9 columns each separated by ':'. The columns are: LEADING-CHAR, BYTES, COLUMNS, TYPE, GRAPHIC, FINAL-CHAR, DIRECTION, DOCUMENT, BDF-FILE, and ENCODING. By modifying this file, you can specify different BDF files. You don't have to specify ENCODING for 2-byte character sets such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (as for Big5, you should specify 1 for ETen and 2 for HKU).

Files

/usr/local/lib/emacs/$VERSION/etc/m2ps.ps - PostScript header file.

/usr/local/lib/emacs/$VERSION/etc/CHARSETS - A file which contains information of character sets and fonts.

/usr/local/lib/emacs/$VERSION/etc/CODINGS - A file which contains information of coding-systems and priorities.

/usr/local/lib/emacs/$VERSION/etc/demo.ps - PostScript file created by m2ps. The Original file is in 'doc' directory.

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