Synopsis


text2pdf [options] [file ...]

Options

-h\|--help	print short help and exit
-H\|--Help	print full documentation via less and exit
-V\|--version	print version and exit
-c\|--cols=X	print X columns on the page, default: 1
-f\|--font=X	set TTF/OTF font to X; default: Latin Modern Mono
-l\|--lscape	print landscape; default: portrait
-m\|--margin=X	set margins to X mm; default: 10
-n\|--number	number the lines; default: no numbering
-o\|--out=X	write PDF to X[.pdf]; default: write to standard output
-p\|--page	start each file on a new page.
-s\|--size=X	set fontsize to X points; default: 10
--squeeze	squeeze multiple newlines in input to one
--tabstop=X	have tabs X characters apart; default: 8
-t\|--title	print counter + file name before the output of each file
-w\|--white	set white between lines to X points; default: 2

Description

text2pdf converts one or more text files to pdf. You can print the text in up to 9 columns (default: 1), in any font size (default: 10). The font used by default is Latin Modern Mono. You can start each file on a new page and introduce each file with a numbered header containing its name; and you can number the lines.

Options


--help
	prints short help information.

--Help
	Prints full documentation via less.

--title
	the text of each file will be preceeded with a header line containing a counter followed by the file name.

--page
	the text of each file will start on a new page.

--cols=X
	the output will be printed in X columns, where n=1-9, default: 1. This is useful, for example, for printing a file listing.

--size=X
	set the point size to X, default: 10.

--white=X
	set white between lines to X, default: 2.

--font=X
	changes the font to X, which must be the PostScript name of an available TTF or OTF font. The default (probably in your distro) is Latin Modern Mono. Be sure the choose a font that contains all characters occurring in your file. You probably also want the font to be monospaced.


--margin=X
	set the margins to X mm; default: 10mm


--number
	lines will be numbered.

--tabstop=X
	tabs will be expanded to X spaces. The default is 8.

--squeeze
	multiple empty lines will be squeezed to a single empty line.

Author

Wybo Dekker

Copyright

Released under the GNU General Public License

Functions used:

inttest

synopsis:	inttest opt int
description:	check if `int` is a positive integer and print it; if not,
	give a fatal message.

excheck

synopsis:	excheck executable1 [executable2...]
description:	check if all needed execs are there and getopt is GNU

handle_options

synopsis:	handle_options "$@"
description:	handle the options.
globals used:	Myname Version
globals set:	args