Package: cups-filters Version: 1.0.18-2.1 Severity: wishlist Control: affects -1 a2ps Control: affects -1 enscript
Now that both GNU a2ps and GNU Enscript are no longer actively maintained, and have as of yet unresolved issues with their integration into the modern Debian GNU system (such as: proper UTF-8 and Fontconfig support), the ‘texttopdf’ filter (as provided by the cups-filters package) seems virtually the only sensible way to perform “plain text” to PDF conversion. Therefore, my suggestion would be to perform whatever minor modifications necessary to make ‘texttopdf’ also available as a stand-alone (as in: /usr/bin) program, and provide some documentation (such as a manual page.) Currently, it's not very convenient to use; consider, e. g.: $ LC_ALL=eo.UTF-8 dpkg --help \ | CHARSET=utf-8 /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf \ "" "" "" 1 "page-left=40, page-right=40, cpi=11" \ > help.pdf I guess that both the GNU a2ps and GNU Enscript Debian packages could then eventually be retired. (Thus finally resolving Debian Bug#180236, #229595, #498830, and probably a few more.) TIA. -- FSF associate member #7257 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org