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      1 # text2pdf 1.1
      2 
      3 This is the latest version of text2pdf, and offers a number of improvements over
      4 version 1.0. As you might be able to guess from the name, text2pdf converts text
      5 files to PDF. You can specify the font, number of lines and columns, paper size
      6 and various other options from the command line. By default, long lines will be
      7 wrapped, and a formfeed character (^L) will cause a page break. I've dumped the
      8 result of text2pdf -h in case you want to see all the options now.
      9 
     10 The program is actually very simple to use. All you normally do is
     11 `text2pdf myfile > myfile.pdf`.
     12 
     13 A nice little test on UNIX is to get the help in a PDF file:
     14 `text2pdf -h | text2pdf > help.pdf`
     15 
     16 ## Want it?
     17 A number of precompiled binaries are available:
     18 
     19 - [Solaris 2.4](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/text2pdf.solaris2.4.bin)
     20 - [SunOS 4.1.1](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/text2pdf.sunos4.1.1.bin)
     21 - [MS-DOS](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/text2pdf.exe)
     22 - [Windows 95 (and NT?)](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/text2pdf.win95.exe) (Instructions for [desktop operation](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/win95setup.php) also available)
     23 - Some generously donated by Patrick Cunningham from [Karmak, Inc.](http://www.karmak.com/)
     24   - [Alpha/OpenVMS](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/text2pdf.axp.bin)
     25   - [VAX/OpenVMS](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/text2pdf.vax.bin)
     26 - [UnixWare](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/text2pdf.unixware.bin) (tested with 1.1 and 2.1). Thanks to Thanh Ma for this.
     27 
     28 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 :-).
     29 
     30 ---
     31 
     32 Nelson Beebe has very kindly produced a [GNU-standard Makefile](Makefile). This is particularly useful if you need to install text2pdf on a number of machines.
     33 
     34 And many thanks to Bertrand Decouty for [this UNIX man page](text2pdf.1)
     35 
     36 You can distribute binaries and source, but please don't change anything without letting me know.
     37 
     38 Mail me, [Phil Smith <phil@bagobytes.co.uk>](mailto:phil@bagobytes.co.uk), if you have any comments. If you compile text2pdf for some other platform, I can put it up here.
     39 
     40 [Any insults?](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/text2pdf/insults.html)
     41 
     42 [PDF Corner](http://www.eprg.org/pdfcorner/)