Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-426

Chapter 50. PostScript

paps-0.8.0

Introduction to paps

paps is a text to PostScript converter that works through Pango. Its input is a UTF-8 encoded text file and it outputs vectorized PostScript. It may be used for printing any complex script supported by Pango.

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Package Information

paps Dependencies

Required

fmt-12.1.0 and Pango-1.57.0

Optional

Doxygen-1.15.0

Installation of paps

First fix a problem with glib-2.81.0 or later: 

sed -i -r 's/g_utf8_(next|offset)/(char*) &/' src/paps.cc

Install paps by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-Werror \
            --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: paps
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

paps

is a text to PostScript converter that supports UTF-8 character encoding