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ironbug

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Registered: 2007-11-04

Posts: 19

ps2pdf doesn't like a2ps output

i'm trying to convert some plain text to pdf using a2ps to no avail...

~> a2ps -=pdf somefile 
[somefile (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet]
Error: /invalidfont in --scalefont--
Operand stack:
   euc-jpdict   fCourier   --dict:17/19(L)--   0.909091
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1905   1   3   %oparray_pop   1904   1   3   %oparray_pop   1888   1   3   %oparray_pop   1771   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1152/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:72/200(L)--   --dict:59/200(L)--   --dict:9/14(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
Current file position is 16700
GPL Ghostscript 8.63: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
[Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] sent to the printer `pdf'

a2ps seems to think it's doing its job when i try doing it the long way

~> a2ps -o somefile.ps somefile
[somefile (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet]
[Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] saved into the file `somefile.ps'
~> ps2pdf somefile.ps
...

then instead of the ... i get the same error dump as before and a blank pdf file

so... a2ps is broken?

Last edited by ironbug (2008-12-29 19:54:15)

Nikitka

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From: Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 11

Re: ps2pdf doesn't like a2ps output

What encoding do you use?

Try add this line to your ~/.a2ps/a2psrc file:

Options: --encoding=iso1

if you use latin letters…

Last edited by Nikitka (2008-12-30 14:37:09)