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NAME

       enscript - convert text files to PostScript, HTML, RTF, ANSI, and overstrikes

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  languages.   Enscript  can
       spool  the  generated output directly to a specified 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 modification 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 justified  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 centered to the header
               and the page numbers are printed right justified.

       -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 output.  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 educated 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 create 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   example,
               "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 CONFIGURATION 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 filter 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 determined from
               libpaper and falls back to A4.

       -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 output.  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 modifications.  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-columns.

       --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 possible 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  configuration 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: int
               Specify  if  the  Control-D  (^D)  character  should be appended to the end of the
               output.  A value of 1 will append ^D followed by a newline, a value of 2 will omit
               the trailing newline.  The default value is 0 for no ^D.

       Clean7Bit: bool
               Specify  how  characters  greater  than  127  are  printed.   The  valuee true (1)
               generates 7-bit clean code by escaping all characters  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 possible 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 dimensions 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 possible 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 output.

       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 output.

       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 comment.

       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 description 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 headers 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 syntax:

       %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 continuation 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, special escapes interpretation is off, so  all
       ASCII files print out as everyone expects.  Special escapes interpretation is activated by
       giving 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 (absolute position)

               ynum    move image's top left y coordinate num lines from current  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 specifiers 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  documentation  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 configuration.  If
       default actions have been changed from the configuration 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 (landscape).

       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/>