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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 date 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 dependent 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/hl/*.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 dependent; 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 dependent).

       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

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/>

ENSCRIPT			 Mar 12, 1999			   ENSCRIPT(1)
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