#! /bin/sh # Filter for converting "troff -mxx" to PostScript. This script is # normally linked to the names man2ps, ms2ps, me2ps, and mm2ps. # # Usage: # man2ps [<] foo.1 >foo.ps # me2ps [<] foo.me >foo.ps # mm2ps [<] foo.mm >foo.ps # ms2ps [<] foo.ms >foo.ps # # [09-Oct-1997] -- update to use gtbl with groff, after discovering that # Sun Solaris 2.5 tbl has a bug in placement and length # of vertical rules in tables, sigh... # Also, add path search to try to find groff. # [08-May-1993] -- original version # Choose a troff format according to the script name. case `basename $0` in man*) FORMAT=-man ;; me*) FORMAT=-me ;; mm*) FORMAT=-mm ;; ms*) FORMAT=-ms ;; *) echo "Unknown troff format:" ; exit 1 ;; esac # Search the PATH to find if groff is available GNUBIN= for dir in `echo $PATH | sed -e 's/:/ /g'` do if test -x $dir/groff then GNUBIN=$dir/ break fi done # We can use either GNU groff or Sun Solaris troff + dpost if [ -x ${GNUBIN}groff ] then # GNU groff TROFF="${GNUBIN}groff $FORMAT" TROFF2PS="cat" TBL=${GNUBIN}gtbl elif [ -x /usr/lib/lp/postscript/dpost ] then # Solaris 2.1 TROFF="troff $FORMAT" TROFF2PS="/usr/lib/lp/postscript/dpost" TBL=tbl else echo "Cannot find troff-to-PostScript filter" exit 1 fi echo "$TBL $* | eqn | $TROFF | $TROFF2PS" 1>&2 $TBL $* | eqn | $TROFF | $TROFF2PS