Hello.
The task :
Using multiple commands like :
gdisk -l $SOME_DISK >> $SOME_FILE
I generate some text file.
For readiness I must insert page break.
When the program is finished I want to convert the final text file to a pdf file.
When finished, I got two files : One text file and One pdf file.
When printing both, you cannot differentiate them.
What I have done :
I build a single groff base file by copying data :
First I initialize the base document with :
#echo ".nf" > "$BASE_FILE"
echo ".sp 1" >> "$BASE_FILE"
echo "PROGRAM : $MY_PROG" >> "$BASE_FILE"
echo ".sp 1" >> "$BASE_FILE"
Then I fill the base file with the result of :
while true ; doecho "$SOME_TEXT_AS_TITLE" >> "$BASE_FILE"
gdisk -l $SOME_DISK >> $BASE_FILE
if [[ "$FLAG_SET_PAGE_BREAK" == "true" ]] ; thenecho ".bp" >> "$BASE_FILE"
fi
if [[ "$IS_FINISHED" == "true" ]] ; thenbreak
fi
done
echo ".ex" >> "$BASE_FILE"
Then I build the pdf file like this :
ENSCRIPT="--no-header --font=$CUR_FONT --word-wrap"
export ENSCRIPT
/usr/bin/enscript -p"$TEMP_FILE" "$BASE_FILE"
/usr/bin/ps2pdf "$TEMP_FILE" "$FILE_OUT_PDF"
Problem N°1
The page break is always at line 67.
I tried to change page length with :
.pl 29.0c
With different value but the page break arise always at the same place.
So How to change the page break.
Problem N°2
I want to use different fonts type and size.
This will certainly affect the presentation of the document.
How to fix the problem of page breaks.
Problem N°3
How to set page length by lines/per page ?
Problem N°4
With enscript you can explicitly set page format, font, .....
--lines-per-page= ?
--margins=?:?:?:?
--font=?
--media=?
This may contradict the presentation of the document generated by groff.
Problem N°5
I have look after hundreds of web page and I have not found a good tutorial to help me is that task that should be simple.
Any help is welcome.