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enscript (1)

Name

enscript - strikes

Synopsis

enscript [-123456789BcgGhjkKlmOqrRvVzZ]  [-#  copies]  [-a  pages]  [-A
align]  [-b  header]  [-C[start_line]]  [-d  printer]  [-D key[:value]]
[-e[char]] [-E[lang]] [-f font] [-F header_font] [-H[num]] [-i  indent]
[-I  filter]  [-J title] [-L lines_per_page] [-M media] [-n copies] [-N
newline] [-o outputfile] [-o -] [-p outputfile] [-p -] [-P printer] [-s
baselineskip]  [-S  key[:value]] [-t title] [-T tabsize] [-u[text]] [-U
num] [-W language] [-X encoding] [filename ...]

Description

ENSCRIPT(1)                        ENSCRIPT                        ENSCRIPT(1)



NAME
       enscript - convert text files to PostScript, HTML, RTF, ANSI, and over-
       strikes


SYNOPSIS
       enscript [-123456789BcgGhjkKlmOqrRvVzZ]  [-#  copies]  [-a  pages]  [-A
       align]  [-b  header]  [-C[start_line]]  [-d  printer]  [-D key[:value]]
       [-e[char]] [-E[lang]] [-f font] [-F header_font] [-H[num]] [-i  indent]
       [-I  filter]  [-J title] [-L lines_per_page] [-M media] [-n copies] [-N
       newline] [-o outputfile] [-o -] [-p outputfile] [-p -] [-P printer] [-s
       baselineskip]  [-S  key[:value]] [-t title] [-T tabsize] [-u[text]] [-U
       num] [-W language] [-X encoding] [filename ...]


DESCRIPTION
       Enscript converts text files to PostScript  or  to  other  output  lan-
       guages.   Enscript  can spool the generated output directly to a speci-
       fied printer or leave it to a file.   If  no  input  files  are  given,
       enscript  processes the standard input stdin.  Enscript can be extended
       to handle different output media and it has many options which  can  be
       used to customize the printouts.


OPTIONS
       -# num  Print num copies of each page.

       -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, --columns=num
               Specify  how many columns each page have.  With the long option
               --columns=num you can specify more than 9 columns per page.

       -a pages, --pages=pages
               Specify which pages are printed.  The page specification  pages
               can be given in the following formats:

               begin-end
                       print pages from begin to end

               -end    print pages from 0 to end

               begin-  print pages from begin to end

               page    print page page

               odd     print odd pages

               even    print even pages

       -A align, --file-align=align
               Align  separate  input  files  to  even align page count.  This
               option   is   useful   in   two-side   and    2-up    printings
               (--file-align=2).

       -b header, --header=header
               Use  the text header as a page header.  The default page header
               is constructed from the name of the file and from its last mod-
               ification time.

               The  header  string  header  can  contain  the  same formatting
               escapes which can be specified for the  %Format  directives  in
               the  user  defined  fancy  headers.  For example, the following
               option prints the file name, current data and page numbers:

               enscript --header='$n %W Page $% of $=' *.c

               The header string can also contain left, center and right  jus-
               tified fields.  The fields are separated by the '|' character:

               enscript --header='$n|%W|Page $% of $=' *.c

               now  the  file name is printed left justified, the date is cen-
               tered to the header and the page numbers are printed right jus-
               tified.

       -B, --no-header
               Do not print page headers.

       -c, --truncate-lines
               Cut  lines  that  are  too  long  for  the page.  As a default,
               enscript wraps long lines to the next line so no information is
               lost.

               You  can also use the --slice option which slices long lines to
               separate pages.

       -C[start_line], --line-numbers[=start_line]
               Precede each line with its line number.  The optional  argument
               start_line specifies the number of the first line in the input.
               The number of the first line defaults to 1.

       -d name Spool output to the printer name.

       -D key[:value], --setpagedevice=key[:value]
               Pass a page device definition to the generated PostScript  out-
               put.   If  no  value  is given, the key key is removed from the
               definitions.

               For example, the command

               enscript -DDuplex:true foo.txt

               prints file foo.txt in duplex (two side) mode.

               Page device operators are implementation dependant but they are
               standardized.  See section PAGE DEVICE OPTIONS for the details.

       -e[char], --escapes[=char]
               Enable  special  escapes  interpretation  (see  section SPECIAL
               ESCAPES).  If the argument char is given, it changes the escape
               character to char.  The default escape character is 0.

       -E[lang], --highlight[=lang]
               Highlight  source  code by creating a special input filter with
               the states program.  The optional argument lang  specifies  the
               language  to  highlight.  As a default the states makes an edu-
               cated guess.

               You can print a short description of the supported highlighting
               languages and file formats with the command:

               enscript --help-highlight

               The     highlighting     rules     are     defined    in    the
               `/usr/share/enscript/st/*.st' files which can be edited to cre-
               ate highlighting definitions for new languages.

               Note! You can not use your own input filters with this option.

       -f name, --font=name
               Select a font that is used for the body text.  The default body
               font is Courier10, unless multicolumn landscape  printing  mode
               is selected, in which case the default font is Courier7.

               The font specification name contains two parts: the name of the
               font  and  its  size  in  PostScript  points.    For   example,
               "Times-Roman12" selects the "Times-Roman" font with size 12pt.

               The  font  specification  name  can  also  be  given  in format
               `name@ptsize', where the name of the font and  its  point  size
               are  separated by a `@' character.  This allows enscript to use
               fonts which contain digit characters in their names.

               The  font  point  size  can  also  be  given  in   the   format
               width/height where the width and the height specify the size of
               the   font   in   x-   and    y-directions.     For    example,
               "Times-Roman@10/12" selects a 10 points wide and 12 points high
               "Times-Roman" font.

               You can also give the font sizes as decimal numbers.  For exam-
               ple, "Times-Roman10.2" selects a 10.2pt "Times-Roman" font.

       -F name, --header-font=name
               Select a font for the header texts.

       -g, --print-anyway
               Print  a  file  even if it contains binary data.  The option is
               implemented only for compatibility purposes.   Enscript  prints
               binary files anyway regardless of the option.

       -G, --fancy-header[=name]
               Print  a  fancy  page header name to the top of each page.  The
               option -G specifies the default fancy header.  See section CON-
               FIGURATION  FILES  to  see  how the default fancy header can be
               changed.

       -h, --no-job-header
               Suppress printing of the job header page.

       -H[num], --highlight-bars[=num]
               Specify how high the highlight bars are in lines.  If  the  num
               is  not  given,  the default value 2 is used.  As a default, no
               highlight bars are printed.

       -i num, --indent=num
               Indent every line num characters.  The indentation can also  be
               specified  in  other units by appending an unit specifier after
               the number.  The possible unit specifiers and the corresponding
               units are:

               c       centimeters

               i       inches

               l       characters (default)

               p       PostScript points

       -I filter, --filter=filter
               Read all input files through an input filter filter.  The input
               filter can be a single command or a command pipeline.  The fil-
               ter  can  refer  to  the name of the input file with the escape
               `%s'.  The name of the standard input can be changed  with  the
               option `--filter-stdin'.

               For  example,  the following command prints the file `foo.c' by
               using only upper-case characters:

               enscript --filter="cat %s | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'" foo.c

               The following command highlights  changes  which  are  made  to
               files since the last checkout:

               enscript --filter="rcsdiff %s | diffpp %s" -e *.c

               To  include  the  string  "%s"  to the filter command, you must
               write it as "%%s".

       -j, --borders
               Print borders around columns.

       -J title
               An alias for the option -t, --title.

       -k, --page-prefeed
               Enable page prefeed.

       -K, --no-page-prefeed
               Disable page prefeed (default).

       -l, --lineprinter
               Emulate lineprinter.  This option is a shortcut for the options
               --lines-per-page=66, and --no-header.

       -L num, --lines-per-page=num
               Print  only  num lines for each page.  As a default, the number
               of lines per page is computed from the height of the  page  and
               from the size of the font.

       -m, --mail
               Send  a  mail notification to user after the print job has been
               completed.

       -M name, --media=name
               Select an output media name.  Enscript's default  output  media
               is Letter.

       -n num, --copies=num
               Print num copies of each page.

       -N nl, --newline=nl
               Select  the newline character.  The possible values for nl are:
               n (unix newline, 0xa hex) and r (mac newline, 0xd hex).

       -o file An alias for the option -p, --output.

       -O, --missing-characters
               Print a listing of character codes which couldn't be printed.

       -p file, --output=file
               Leave the output to file file.  If the file  is  `-',  enscript
               sends the output to the standard output stdout.

       -P name, --printer=name
               Spool the output to the printer name.

       -q, --quiet, --silent
               Make  enscript  really  quiet.   Only  fatal error messages are
               printed to stderr.

       -r, --landscape
               Print in the landscape mode; rotate page 90 degrees.

       -R, --portrait
               Print in the portrait mode (default).

       -s num, --baselineskip=num
               Specify the baseline skip in PostScript points.  The number num
               can  be  given  as  a decimal number.  When enscript moves from
               line to line, the current point y  coordinate  is  moved  (font
               point  size  + baselineskip) points down.  The default baseline
               skip is 1.

       -S key[:value], --statusdict=key[:value]
               Pass a statusdict definition to the generated  PostScript  out-
               put.   If  no  value  is given, the key key is removed from the
               definitions.

               The statusdict operators are implementation dependant; see  the
               printer's documentation for the details.

               For example, the command

               enscript -Ssetpapertray:1 foo.txt

               prints  the  file  foo.txt by using paper from the paper tray 1
               (assuming that the printer supports paper tray selection).

       -t title, --title=title
               Set banner page's job title to title.  The option sets also the
               name of the input file stdin.

       -T num, --tabsize=num
               Set the tabulator size to num characters.  The default is 8.

       -u[text], --underlay[=text]
               Print  the string text under every page.  The properties of the
               text can be changed with  the  options  --ul-angle,  --ul-font,
               --ul-gray, --ul-position, and --ul-style.

               If  no text is given, the underlay is not printed.  This can be
               used to remove an underlay text that  was  specified  with  the
               `Underlay' configuration file option.

       -U num, --nup=num
               Print  num  logical  pages on each output page (N-up printing).
               The values num must be a power of 2.

       -v, --verbose[=level]
               Tell what enscript is doing.

       -V, --version
               Print enscript version information and exit.

       -W [lang], --language[=lang]
               Generate output for the language lang.  The possible values for
               lang are:

               PostScript
                       generate PostScript (default)

               html    generate HTML

               overstrike
                       generate overstrikes (line printers, less)

               rtf     generate RTF (Rich Text Format)

               ansi    generate ANSI terminal control codes

       -X name, --encoding=name
               Use  the  input encoding name.  Currently enscript supports the
               following encodings:

               88591, latin1
                       ISO-8859-1 (ISO Latin1) (enscript's default encoding).

               88592, latin2
                       ISO-8859-2 (ISO Latin2)

               88593, latin3
                       ISO-8859-3 (ISO Latin3)

               88594, latin4
                       ISO-8859-4 (ISO Latin4)

               88595, cyrillic
                       ISO-8859-5 (ISO Cyrillic)

               88597, greek
                       ISO-8859-7 (ISO Greek)

               88599, latin5
                       ISO-8859-9 (ISO Latin5)

               885910, latin6
                       ISO-8859-10 (ISO Latin6)

               ascii   7-bit ascii

               asciifise, asciifi, asciise
                       7-bit ascii with some  scandinavian  (Finland,  Sweden)
                       extensions

               asciidkno, asciidk, asciino
                       7-bit  ascii  with  some scandinavian (Denmark, Norway)
                       extensions

               ibmpc, pc, dos
                       IBM PC charset

               mac     Mac charset

               vms     VMS multinational charset

               hp8     HP Roman-8 charset

               koi8    Adobe Standard Cyrillic Font KOI8 charset

               ps, PS  PostScript font's default encoding

               pslatin1, ISOLatin1Encoding
                       PostScript interpreter's `ISOLatin1Encoding'

       -z, --no-formfeed
               Turn off the form feed character interpretation.

       -Z, --pass-through
               Pass through all PostScript and PCL files without any modifica-
               tions.  This allows that enscript can be used as a lp filter.

               The  PostScript  files  are  recognized  by looking up the `%!'
               magic cookie from the beginning of  the  file.  Note!  Enscript
               recognized also the Windoze damaged `^D%!' cookie.

               The  PCL  files are recognized by looking up the `^[E' or `^[%'
               magic cookies from the beginning of the file.

       --color[=bool]
               Use colors in the highlighting outputs.

       --download-font=fontname
               Include the font description file (.pfa or .pfb  file)  of  the
               font fontname to the generated output.

       --extended-return-values
               Enable  extended return values.  As a default, enscript returns
               1 on error and 0 otherwise.  The extended  return  values  give
               more  details  about  the  printing operation.  See the section
               RETURN VALUE for the details.

       --filter-stdin=name
               Specify how the stdin  is  shown  to  the  input  filter.   The
               default value is an empty string ("") but some programs require
               that the stdin is called something else, usually "-".

       --footer=footer
               Use the text footer as a page  footer.   Otherwise  the  option
               works like the --header option

       --h-column-height=height
               Set  the  horizontal  column  height  to  be  height PostScript
               points.  The option sets the formfeed type  to  horizontal-col-
               umns.

       --help  Print a short help message and exit.

       --help-highlight
               Describe all supported --highlight languages and file formats.

       --highlight-bar-gray=gray
               Specify  the gray level which is used in printing the highlight
               bars.

       --list-media
               List the names of all known output media and exit successfully.

       --margins=left:right:top:bottom
               Adjust the page marginals to be exactly left,  right,  top  and
               bottom  PostScript  points.   Any  of the arguments can be left
               empty in which case the default value is used.

       --mark-wrapped-lines[=style]
               Mark wrapped lines in the output with  the  style  style.   The
               possible values for the style are:

               none    do not mark them (default)

               plus    print  a  plus (+) character to the end of each wrapped
                       line

               box     print a black box to the end of each wrapped line

               arrow   print a small arrow to the end of each wrapped line

       --non-printable-format=format
               Specify how the non-printable characters are printed.  The pos-
               sible values for the format are:

               caret   caret notation: `^@', `^A', `^B', ...

               octal   octal notation: `\000', `\001', `\002', ... (default)

               questionmark
                       replace  non-printable  characters with a question mark
                       `?'

               space   replace non-printable characters with a space ` '

       --nup-columnwise
               Change the layout of the sub-pages in the  N-up  printing  from
               row-wise to columnwise.

       --nup-xpad=num
               Set  the  page x-padding of the n-up printing to num PostScript
               points.  The default is 10 points.

       --nup-ypad=num
               Set the page y-padding of the n-up printing to  num  PostScript
               points.  The default is 10 points.

       --page-label-format=format
               Set  the  page  label  format to format.  The page label format
               specifies how the labels for the `%%Page:' PostScript  comments
               are formatted.  The possible values are:

               short   Print the current pagenumber: `%%Page: (1) 1' (default)

               long    Print  the  current  filename  and pagenumber: `%%Page:
                       (main.c:  1) 1'

       --ps-level=level
               Set the PostScript language level that enscript  uses  for  its
               output to level.  The possible values are 1, and 2.

       --printer-options=options
               Pass extra options to the printer command.

       --rotate-even-pages
               Rotate each even-numbered page 180 degrees.

       --slice=num
               Print  the vertical slice num.  The slices are vertical regions
               of input files.  A new slice starts from the  point  where  the
               line  would  otherwise  be wrapped to the next line.  The slice
               numbers start from 1.

       --style=style
               Set the highlighting style to style.  The possible values  are:
               a2ps, emacs, emacs-verbose, ifh, and msvc.

       --swap-even-page-margins
               Swap left and right page margins for even-numbered pages.

       --toc   Print a table of contents to the end of the output.

       --word-wrap
               Wrap long lines from word boundaries.

       --ul-angle=angle
               Set the angle of the underlay text to angle.  As a default, the
               angle is atan(-d_page_h, d_page_w).

       --ul-font=name
               Select a font for the underlay text.  The default underlay font
               is Times-Roman200.

       --ul-gray=num
               Print  the underlay text with the gray value num (0 ... 1), the
               default gray value is .8.

       --ul-position=position_spec
               Set the underlay text's  starting  position  according  to  the
               position_spec.   The  position  specification  must be given in
               format: `sign xpos sign ypos', where the sign must  be  `+'  or
               `-'.   The positive dimensions are measured from the lower left
               corner and the negative dimensions from the upper right corner.
               For  example, the specification `+0-0' specifies the upper left
               corner and `-0+0' specifies the lower right corner.

       --ul-style=style
               Set the underlay text's style to style.   The  possible  values
               for style are:

               outline print outline underlay texts (default)

               filled  print filled underlay texts


CONFIGURATION FILES
       Enscript reads configuration information from the following sources (in
       this order):  command  line  options,  environment  variable  ENSCRIPT,
       user's personal configuration file ($HOME/.enscriptrc), site configura-
       tion file (/etc/enscriptsite.cfg)  and  system's  global  configuration
       file (/etc/enscript.cfg).

       The configuration files have the following format:

       Empty lines and lines starting with `#' are comments.

       All other lines are option lines and have format:

       option [arguments ...].

       The following options can be specified:

       AcceptCompositeCharacters: bool
               Specify  whether  PostScript  font's  composite  characters are
               accepted as printable or if they should be considered  as  non-
               existent.  The default value is false (0).

       AFMPath: path
               Specifies the search path for the AFM files.

       AppendCtrlD: bool
               Specify  if  the Control-D (^D) character should be appended to
               the end of the output.  The default value is false (0).

       Clean7Bit: bool
               Specify how characters greater than 127 are printed.  The  val-
               uee true (1) generates 7-bit clean code by escaping all charac-
               ters  greater  than  127  to   the   backslash-octal   notation
               (default).  The value false (0) generates 8-bit PostScript code
               leaving all characters untouched.

       DefaultEncoding: name
               Select the default input encoding.  The encoding name name  can
               be one of the values of the option -X, --encoding.

       DefaultFancyHeader: name
               Select  the  default  fancy header.  The default header is used
               when the option -G is specified or the option --fancy-header is
               given   without   an  argument.   The  system-wide  default  is
               `enscript'.

       DefaultMedia: name
               Select the default output media.

       DefaultOutputMethod: method
               Select the default target to  which  the  generated  output  is
               sent.  The possible values for the method are:

               printer send output to printer (default)

               stdout  send output to stdout

       DownloadFont: fontname
               Include  the  font description file of the font fontname to the
               generated output.

       EscapeChar: num
               Specify the escape character  for  the  special  escapes.   The
               default value is 0.

       FormFeedType: type
               Specify  what  to  do  when a formfeed character is encountered
               from the input.  The possible values for type are:

               column  move to the beginning of the next column (default)

               page    move to the beginning of the next page

       GeneratePageSize: bool
               Specify whether the PageSize page device setting  is  generated
               to the PostScript output.  The default value is true (1).

       HighlightBarGray: gray
               Specify  the  gray  level  which is used to print the highlight
               bars.

       HighlightBars: num
               Specify how high the highlight bars are in lines.  The  default
               value is 0 which means that no highlight bars are printed.

       LibraryPath: path
               Specifies  the  enscript's  library path that is used to lookup
               various     resources.      The      default      path      is:
               `/usr/share/enscript:home/.enscript'.   Where  the  home is the
               user's home directory.

       MarkWrappedLines: style
               Mark wraped lines in the output with the style style.  The pos-
               sible values for the format are the same which can be given for
               the --mark-wrapped-lines option.

       Media: name width height llx lly urx ury
               Add a new output media with the name name.  The physical dimen-
               sions  of  the media are width and height.  The bounding box of
               the Media is specified by the points (llx, lly) and (urx, ury).
               Enscript  prints  all  graphics  inside the bounding box of the
               media.

               User can select this media with option -M name.

       NoJobHeaderSwitch: switch
               Specify the spooler option to suppress  the  print  job  header
               page.   This  option  is passed to the printer spooler when the
               enscript's option -h, --no-job-header is selected.

       NonPrintableFormat: format
               Specify how the non-printable characters are printed.  The pos-
               sible values for format are the same which can be given for the
               --non-printable-format option.

       OutputFirstLine: line
               Set the PostScript output's first line to  line.   The  default
               value  is  PS-Adobe-3.0.   Since  some printers do not like DSC
               levels greater than 2.0, this option can be used to change  the
               output  first  line  to  something  more  suitable  like  %!PS-
               Adobe-2.0 or %!.

       PageLabelFormat: format
               Set the page label format to format.  The possible  values  for
               format   are   the   same   which   can   be   given   for  the
               --page-label-format option.

       PagePrefeed: bool
               Enable / disable page prefeed.  The default value is false (0).

       PostScriptLevel: level
               Set the PostScript language level, that enscript uses  for  its
               output,  to  level.  The possible values for level are the same
               which can be given for the --ps-level option.

       Printer: name
               Names the printer to which the output is spooled.

       QueueParam: name
               The spooler command switch to select the printer queue, e.g. -P
               in  lpr -Pps.  This option can also be used to pass other flags
               to the spooler command.  These options must be given before the
               queue switch.

       SetPageDevice: key[:value]
               Pass  a page device definition to the generated PostScript out-
               put.

       Spooler: name
               Names the printer spooler command.   Enscript  pipes  generated
               PostScript to the command name.

       StatesBinary: path
               Define an absolute path to the states program.

       StatesColor: bool
               Should the states program generate color outputs.

       StatesConfigFile: file
               Read highlighting states configuration from the file file.  The
               default config file is `/usr/share/enscript/hl/enscript.st'.

       StatesHighlightStyle: style
               Set the highlight style to style.

       StatesPath: path
               Define the path for the states  program.   The  states  program
               will  lookup  its  state  definition files from this path.  The
               default value is `$HOME/.enscript:/usr/share/enscript/hl'.

       StatusDict: key[:value]
               Pass a statusdict definition to the generated  PostScript  out-
               put.

       TOCFormat: format
               Format table of contents entries with the format string format.
               The format string format can contain the same escapes which are
               used  to  format header strings with the `%Format' special com-
               ment.

       Underlay: text
               Print string text under every page.

       UnderlayAngle: num
               Set the angle of the underlay text to num.

       UnderlayFont: fontspec
               Select a font for the underlay text.

       UnderlayGray: num
               Print the underlay text with the gray value num.

       UnderlayPosition: position_spec
               Set the underlay text's  starting  position  according  to  the
               position_spec.

       UnderlayStyle: style
               Set the underlay text's style to style.


FANCY HEADERS
       Users  can create their own fancy headers by creating a header descrip-
       tion file and placing it in a directory which is in enscript's  library
       path.  The name of the header file must be in format: `headername.hdr'.
       Header can be selected by giving option: --fancy-header=headername.

       Header description  file  contains  PostScript  code  that  paints  the
       header.   Description  file  must  provide procedure do_header which is
       called by enscript at the beginning of every page.

       Header description file contains two parts: comments and  code.   Parts
       are separated by a line containing text:

       % -- code follows this line --

       Enscript copies only the code part of description file to the generated
       PostScript output.  The comments part can contain any data, it  is  not
       copied.  If separator line is missing, no data is copied to output.

       Enscript  defines  following  constants  which  can  be  used in header
       description files:

       d_page_w        page width

       d_page_h        page height

       d_header_x      header lower left x coordinate

       d_header_y      header lower left y coordinate

       d_header_w      header width

       d_header_h      header height

       d_footer_x      footer lower left x coordinate

       d_footer_y      footer lower left y coordinate

       d_footer_w      footer width

       d_footer_h      footer height

       d_output_w      width of the text output area

       d_output_h      height of the text output area

       user_header_p   predicate which tells if user has defined  his/her  own
                       header string: true/false

       user_header_left_str
                       if user_header_p is true, this is the left field of the
                       user supplied header string.

       user_header_center_str
                       if user_header_p is true, this is the center  field  of
                       the user supplied header string

       user_header_right_str
                       if  user_header_p  is  true, this is the right field of
                       the user supplied header string

       user_footer_p   predicate which tells if user has defined  his/her  own
                       footer string: true/false

       user_footer_left_str
                       if user_footer_p is true, this is the left field of the
                       user supplied footer string.

       user_footer_center_str
                       if user_footer_p is true, this is the center  field  of
                       the user supplied footer string

       user_footer_right_str
                       if  user_footer_p  is  true, this is the right field of
                       the user supplied footer string

       HF              standard header font (from -F,  --header-font  option).
                       This  can  be  selected simply by invoking command: `HF
                       setfont'.

       pagenum         the number of the current page

       fname           the full name of the printed file (/foo/bar.c)

       fdir            the directory part of the file name (/foo)

       ftail           file name without the directory part (bar.c)

       gs_languagelevel
                       PostScript interpreter's language level (currently 1 or
                       2)

       You can also use the following special comments to customize your head-
       ers and to specify some extra options.  Special comments are  like  DSC
       comments  but  they start with a single `%' character; special comments
       start from the beginning of the line and they have the  following  syn-
       tax:

       %commentname: options

       Currently enscript support the following special comments:

       %Format: name format
               Define  a  new  string  constant  name  according to the format
               string format.  Format string start from  the  first  non-space
               character  and  it  ends to the end of the line.  Format string
               can contain general `%' escapes  and  input  file  related  `$'
               escapes.  Currently following escapes are supported:

               %%      character `%'

               $$      character `$'

               $%      current page number

               $=      number of pages in the current file

               $p      number of pages processed so far

               $(VAR)  value of the environment variable VAR.

               %c      trailing component of the current working directory

               %C ($C) current  time  (file  modification  time) in `hh:mm:ss'
                       format

               %d      current working directory

               %D ($D) current date (file  modification  date)  in  `yy-mm-dd'
                       format

               %D{string} ($D{string})
                       format  string  string  with  the strftime(3) function.
                       `%D{}' refers to the current date  and  `$D{}'  to  the
                       input file's last modification date.

               %E ($E) current  date  (file  modification  date) in `yy/mm/dd'
                       format

               %F ($F) current date (file modification date)  in  `dd.mm.yyyy'
                       format

               %H      document title

               $L      number  of  lines  in  the current input file.  This is
                       valid only for the toc entries, it  can't  be  used  in
                       header strings.

               %m      the hostname up to the first `.' character

               %M      the full hostname

               %n      the user login name

               $n      input file name without the directory part

               %N      the user's pw_gecos field up to the first `,' character

               $N      the full input file name

               %t ($t) current  time (file modification time) in 12-hour am/pm
                       format

               %T ($T) current time (file modification time) in 24-hour format
                       `hh:mm'

               %* ($*) current time (file modification time) in 24-hour format
                       with seconds `hh:mm:ss'

               $v      the sequence number of the current input file

               $V      the sequence number of the current input  file  in  the
                       `Table  of  Contents'  format:  if  the --toc option is
                       given, escape expands to `num-'; if the  --toc  is  not
                       given, escape expands to an empty string.

               %W ($W) current  date  (file  modification  date) in `mm/dd/yy'
                       format

               All format directives except `$=' can also be given in format

               escape width directive

               where width specifies the width of  the  column  to  which  the
               escape  is  printed.   For example, escape "$5%" will expand to
               something like " 12".  If the width is negative, the value will
               be printed left-justified.

               For  example,  the `emacs.hdr' defines its date string with the
               following format comment:

               %Format: eurdatestr %E

               which expands to:

               /eurdatestr (96/01/08) def

       %HeaderHeight: height
               Allocate height points space for the page header.  The  default
               header height is 36 points.

       %FooterHeight: height
               Allocate  height points space for the page footer.  The default
               footer height is 0 points.

       According  to  Adobe's  Document  Structuring  Conventions  (DSC),  all
       resources  needed  by  a  document must be listed in document's prolog.
       Since user's can create their own headers,  enscript  don't  know  what
       resources  those  headers  use.   That's why all headers must contain a
       standard DSC comment that lists all  needed  resources.   For  example,
       used fonts can be listed with following comment:

       %%DocumentNeededResources: font fontname1 fontname2

       Comment  can  be continued to the next line with the standard continua-
       tion comment:

       %%+ font fontname3


SPECIAL ESCAPES
       Enscript supports special escape sequences which can  be  used  to  add
       some  page  formatting commands to ASCII documents.  As a default, spe-
       cial escapes interpretation is off, so all ASCII  files  print  out  as
       everyone  expects.  Special escapes interpretation is activated by giv-
       ing option -e, --escapes to enscript.

       All special escapes start  with  the  escape  character.   The  default
       escape  character  is  ^@  (octal 000); escape character can be changed
       with option -e, --escapes.  Escape character is  followed  by  escape's
       name and optional options and arguments.

       Currently enscript supports following escapes:

       bgcolor change the text background color.  The syntax of the escape is:

               ^@bgcolor{red green blue}

               where  the  color  components red, green, and blue are given as
               decimal numbers between values 0 and 1.


       bggray  change the text background color.  The syntax of the escape is:

               ^@bggray{gray}

               where gray is the new text background gray value.  The  default
               value is 1.0 (white).

       color   change the text color.  The syntax of the escape is:

               ^@color{red green blue}

               where color components red, green and blue are given as decimal
               numbers between values 0 and 1.

       comment comment the rest of the line including the  newline  character.
               Escape's syntax is:

               ^@comment text newline_character

       escape  change the escape character.  The syntax of the escape is:

               ^@escape{code}

               where code is the decimal code of the new escape character.

       epsf    inline EPS file to the document.  The syntax of the escape is:

               ^@epsf[options]{filename}

               where  options is an optional sequence of option characters and
               values enclosed with brackets and filename is the name  of  the
               EPS file.

               If filename ends to the `|' character, then filename is assumed
               to name a command that prints EPS data to its standard  output.
               In  this  case,  enscript opens a pipe to the specified command
               and reads EPS data from pipe.

               Following options can be given for the epsf escape:

               c       print image centered

               r       print image right justified

               n       do not  update  current  point.   Following  output  is
                       printed  to  that  position where the current point was
                       just before the epsf escape

               nx      do not update current point x coordinate

               ny      do not update current point y coordinate

               xnum    move image's top left x coordinate num characters  from
                       current point x coordinate (relative position)

               xnuma   set  image's top left x coordinate to column num (abso-
                       lute position)

               ynum    move image's top left y coordinate num lines from  cur-
                       rent line (relative position)

               ynuma   set image's top left y coordinate to line num (absolute
                       position)

               hnum    set image's height to num lines

               snum    scale image with factor num

               sxnum   scale image in x direction with factor num

               synum   scale image in y direction with factor num

               As a default, all dimensions are given in lines (vertical)  and
               characters  (horizontal).   You can also specify other units by
               appending an unit specifier after number.  Possible unit speci-
               fiers and the corresponding units are:

               c       centimeters

               i       inches

               l       lines or characters (default)

               p       PostScript points

               For  example  to  print an image one inch high, you can specify
               height by following options: h1i (1 inch),  h2.54c  (2.54  cm),
               h72p (72 points).

       font    select current font.  The syntax of the escape is:

               ^@font{fontname[:encoding]}

               where  fontname is a standard font specification.  Special font
               specification default can be used to select  the  default  body
               font  (enscript's  default  or the one specified by the command
               line option -f, --font).

               The optional argument  encoding  specifies  the  encoding  that
               should  be  used  for the new font.  Currently the encoding can
               only be the enscript's global input encoding or ps.

       ps      include raw PostScript code to the output.  The syntax  of  the
               escape is:

               ^@ps{code}

       shade   highlight  regions  of  text  by  changing  the text background
               color.  Escape's syntax is:

               ^@shade{gray}

               where gray is the new text background gray value.  The  default
               value is 1.0 (white) which disables highlighting.


PAGE DEVICE OPTIONS
       Page  device  is  a  PostScript  level 2 feature that offers an uniform
       interface to control printer's output device.   Enscript  protects  all
       page  device options inside an if block so they have no effect in level
       1 interpreters.  Although all level 2 interpreters support page device,
       they  do not have to support all page device options.  For example some
       printers can print in duplex mode and some can not.  Refer to the docu-
       mentation of your printer for supported options.

       Here are some usable page device options which can be selected with the
       -D, --setpagedevice option.  For a  complete  listing,  see  PostScript
       Language Reference Manual: section 4.11 Device Setup.

       Collate boolean
               how output is organized when printing multiple copies

       Duplex boolean
               duplex (two side) printing

       ManualFeed boolean
               manual feed paper tray

       OutputFaceUp boolean
               print output `face up' or `face down'

       Tumble boolean
               how opposite sides are positioned in duplex printing


PRINTING EXAMPLES
       Following  printing examples assume that enscript uses the default con-
       figuration.  If default actions have been changed from  the  configura-
       tion files, some examples will behave differently.

       enscript foo.txt
               Print file foo.txt to the default printer.

       enscript -Possu foo.txt
               Print file foo.txt to printer ossu.

       enscript -pfoo.ps foo.txt
               Print file foo.txt, but leave PostScript output to file foo.ps.

       enscript -2 foo.txt
               Print file foo.txt to two columns.

       enscript -2r foo.txt
               Print  file  to two columns and rotate output 90 degrees (land-
               scape).

       enscript -DDuplex:true foo.txt
               Print file in duplex (two side) mode (printer dependant).

       enscript -G2rE -U2 foo.c
               My default code printing command: gaudy  header,  two  columns,
               landscape, code highlighting, 2-up printing.

       enscript -E --color -Whtml --toc -pfoo.html *.h *.c
               A nice HTML report of your project's C source files.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The  environment  variable ENSCRIPT can be used to pass default options
       for enscript.  For example, to select  the  default  body  font  to  be
       Times-Roman  7pt,  set  the following value to the ENSCRIPT environment
       variable:

       -fTimes-Roman7

       The value of the ENSCRIPT variable is processed before the command line
       options,  so  command  line  options  can  be  used  to overwrite these
       defaults.

       Variable ENSCRIPT_LIBRARY specifies the enscript's  library  directory.
       It can be used to overwrite the build-in default `/usr/share/enscript'.


RETURN VALUE
       Enscript returns value 1 to the shell if any errors were encountered or
       0 otherwise.  If the option --extended-return-values was specified, the
       return value is constructed from the following flags:

       0       no errors or warnings

       2       some lines were truncated or wrapped

       4       some characters were missing from the used fonts

       8       some characters were unprintable


FILES
       /usr/share/enscript/*.hdr               header files
       /usr/share/enscript/*.enc               input encoding vectors
       /usr/share/enscript/enscript.pro        PostScript prolog
       /usr/share/enscript/afm/*.afm           AFM files for PostScript fonts
       /usr/share/enscript/font.map            index for the AFM files
       /usr/share/enscript/hl/*.st             states definition files
       /etc/enscript.cfg                       system-wide configuration file
       /etc/enscriptsite.cfg                   site configuration file
       ~/.enscriptrc                           personal configuration file
       ~/.enscript/                            personal resource directory



ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Availability   | print/filter/enscript |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted           |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
SEE ALSO
       diffpp(1), ghostview(1), gs(1), lpq(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), states(1)


AUTHOR
       Markku Rossi <mtr@iki.fi> <http://www.iki.fi/~mtr/>

       GNU Enscript WWW home page: <http://www.iki.fi/~mtr/genscript/>



NOTES
       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/enscript.



ENSCRIPT                         Mar 12, 1999                      ENSCRIPT(1)