Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here

[ed . arthur]

Tom, been following your progress.

This:

% a2ps -o sa.ps  Stoneage.html --pretty-print=[html] -Z

Should be:

% a2ps -o sa.ps  Stoneage.html --pretty-print=html -Z

I think...

/Ed


> On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 09:28:32PM -0700, TBlittlefoot wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 12:25:36PM -0700, TBlittlefoot wrote:
> > > May as well jump right in...
> > > 
> > > Hello everyone,
> > > 
> > > No problem here with ascii to ps, but I don't have netscape
> > > and making netscape a symlink to mozilla didn't work:
> > > 
> > > $ a2ps -o sa.ps Stoneage.html
> > > [Stoneage.html (html, delegated to Netscape): 1 page on 1 sheet]
> > > [Total: 0 pages on 0 sheets] saved into the file `sa.ps'
> > > 
> > > Any clues? I'm reading the manual and learning a lot, but I really
> > > need to print that html file (I'll be sending it by email to a remote
> > > printer)
> > > 
> > > (running debian linux here)
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Tom
> > > 
> > 
> > Okay. I've got a handle on the escapes, and just want to use w3m
> > to delegate the pre-processing of non-graphical html, but I can't make it 
> work.
> > 
> > I've set NETSCAPE to /usr/bin/w3m and exported (/etc/profile) it and made 
> > /etc/a2ps.cfg read:
> > 
> > ${NETSCAPE:-w3m} '$f'
> > 
> > (w3m accepts relative paths)
> > 
> > but it still isn't working.
> > 
> > Help!
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> 
> Real progress here.
> 
> Delegation: Netscape html:ps  \
>     ${NETSCAPE:-w3m} '$f' \
>   #{del.psselect} | #{del.psnup}
> 
> 
> seems to work, with NETSCAPE pointed to w3m
> 
> But I can't a2ps to print html as anything but
> the original source because:
> 
> $ a2ps -o sa.ps  Stoneage.html --pretty-print=[html] -Z
> a2ps: cannot find file `[html].ssh'
> a2ps: cannot find style sheet `[html]': using plain style
> [Stoneage.html (plain): 18 pages on 9 sheets]
> [Total: 18 pages on 9 sheets] saved into the file `sa.ps'
> [1001 lines wrapped]
> 
> html.ssh is just where its supposed to be in /usr/share/a2ps/sheets
> 
> where the LibraryPath says they should be.
> 
> ????
> 
> Anyone home yet?
> 
> 
> I am learning a lot about a2ps, but still need help.
> 
> Great program!
> 
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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