text2pdf version 1.1
This is the latest version of text2pdf, and offers a number of
improvements over version 1.0. As you might be able to guess from the
name, text2pdf converts text files to PDF. You can specify the font,
number of lines and columns, paper size and various other options from the
command line. By default, long lines will be wrapped, and a formfeed
character (^L) will cause a page break. I've dumped the
result of text2pdf -h in case you want
to see all the options now.
The program is actually very simple to use. All you normally do is
text2pdf myfile > myfile.pdf.
A nice little test on UNIX is to get the help in a PDF file:
text2pdf -h | text2pdf > help.pdf
Want it?
A number of precompiled binaries are available:
- Solaris 2.4
- SunOS 4.1.1
- MS-DOS
- Windows 95 (and NT?) (Instructions for desktop operation also available)
- Some generously donated by Patrick Cunningham from Karmak, Inc.
- UnixWare (tested with 1.1 and 2.1). Thanks to Thanh Ma for this.
If you've got something else, here's the
source. There's one #define you'll have to change if
you're compiling for a PC. Otherwise, it should just work :-).
Nelson Beebe has very kindly produced a GNU-standard Makefile. This is particularly useful if you need to install text2pdf on a number of machines.
And many thanks to Bertrand Decouty for this UNIX man page
You can distribute binaries and source, but please don't change anything without letting me know.
Mail me, Phil Smith <phil@bagobytes.co.uk>, if you have any comments. If you compile text2pdf for some other platform, I can put it up here.
