Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:06:09 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Mark Bath <mark@baggywrinkle.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with apsfilter and a2ps ports Message-ID: <14931.19953.5596.361477@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <81296661@toto.iv>
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Mark Bath <mark@baggywrinkle.co.uk> types: > I'm not sure if this is the right place to share this if not I'm sorry. It's a reasonable place. I just went through this myself. > I have just intsalled a new system with apsfilter and a2ps, and when printing > text have found a problem. It seems that the parameters that apsfilter calls > a2ps are not compatable. > > I'm running apsfilter version 6.0.0 and a2ps version 4.3. When I print a file > for example the hosts file via lpr /etc/hosts it seems that a2ps calls > apsfilter with the following: [ ... details deleted ... ] > I guess this is a problem with the compatability of the two packages. apsfilter needs a2ps version 4.13 (the a2ps port, not the a2ps43 port). If you install that port, it will work. Personally, I switched to magicfilter, which has a cleaner system interface, better postscript printer support, and a real text filter. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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