Re: printing html

[TBlittlefoot]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 08:29:05PM +0100, Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> I am new to this list, so if my question already had been answered,
> please don't throw tomatoes at me ... point me to where I can find the
> answers ... :-)
> 
> I just started using a2ps ... which is WONDERFUL! and very handsome.
> Alas, there is - here and then - a need to print html-files.  And a2ps
> wants to delegate this job to Netscape ... which I don't have (and I
> have to confess to not even know, if Netscape exists at all).  So I
> googled a bit around and found that Lynx should to the job, so I added
> what had been suggested there:
> 
> ----snip----
> # Delegate to lynx the interpretation of an html page.
> Delegation: Lynx html:ps      \
>        lynx -force_html -nolist -dump $f \
>        | #{a2ps} --delegate=no --stdin=$f
> ----snap-----
> 
> But this doesn't work either.  E.g.:
> 
> home/ray: a2ps html-file.html
> 
> sh: line1: --delegate=no: command not found
> # Delegate to lynx the interpretation of an html page.
> Delegation: Lynx html:ps      \
>        lynx -force_html -nolist -dump $f \
>        | #{a2ps} --delegate=no --stdin=$f
>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> so I suppose the --delegate=no command is wrong.  What setting is needed
> instead?  Any hints welcome ... :-)
> 
> ray
> 
> Oh, and btw, isn't delegating via mozilla or any other browser possible?
> Just asking ...
> 
> 

It's my understanding that a2ps isn't being maintained any longer,
and this mailing list is mostly a spam trap now. Too bad...

I use htmldoc to convert html to ps or pdf.

(In fact, I use it for text too, just wrapping the text file in
basic html tags.)

Never tried with a2ps.

Tom

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