html2psrc(5) html2ps configuration file format html2psrc(5)NAMEhtml2psrc - configuration file format for html2ps(1)DESCRIPTION
Configuration files are used for layout control, resource information
etc. Normally, there should always exist a global configuration file.
In this file one typically specify things like: what image conversion
packages are available on the system, the default paper size, the
default text fonts and sizes, etc.
For Unix and Windows systems, the installation script 'install' can be
used to automatically build a global configuration file with all neces‐
sary definitions, and install all files. The files replaced by the
installation are saved. If you for some reason are not satisfied with
the new version: execute the script 'backout' to reinstall your earlier
version.
On other systems, you will have to manually create a global configura‐
tion file, and insert the name of this file into the html2ps script
(close to the beginning, the line starting with "$globrc="). The con‐
figuration file should contain a package block, and perhaps paper and
hyphenation blocks, described below.
Each user can then have a personal configuration file (by default
$HOME/.html2psrc) that complements/overrides the definitions made in
the global file. It is also possible to specify alternative files on
the command line, using the -f option.
FILE FORMAT
A configuration file can include other configuration files. This is
done with:
@import "filename";
The rest of the configuration file consists of zero or more blocks. A
block is given by a block name, followed by the block definition, as
in:
BODY {
font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Helvetica;
text-align: justify
}
The block definition, enclosed by curly braces: { }, consists of key-
value pairs and/or other blocks. A key-value pair consists of the key
name followed by a colon, followed by the value. Blocks and key-value
pairs are separated by semicolons. The semicolon may be omitted after a
block.
Several blocks can share the same definition. The block names are then
separated be commas, as in:
H2, H4, H6 { font-style: italic }
A comment in a configuration file starts with the characters "/*" and
ends with "*/":
@html2ps {
seq-number: 1; /* Automatic numbering of headings */
}
Notations
Here are some definitions of terms used below:
Flag: A value of either 0 (absence, inactive etc) or 1 (pres‐
ence, active etc).
Absolute size:
A real number optionally followed by one of the following
two-letter unit identifiers: cm (centimeters), mm (mil‐
limeters), in (inches), pt (points, 1pt = 1/72 inch), pc
(picas, 1pc = 12pt). The default unit is centimeters.
Relative size:
A size relative to current fontsize. The default and cur‐
rently only recognized unit is em. One em equals the size
of the current font. The value should be given as a real
number, optionally followed by 'em', as in '0.25em'.
Whitespace:
Any one of the characters: space, tab, newline, or car‐
riage return.
CSS2 blocks
All blocks, except one: the @html2ps block, coincides with a subset of
the Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 CSS2 Specification
(http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/). The following default settings for
html2ps illustrate just about everything that currently can be used
from the CSS2 specification:
BODY {
font-family: Times;
font-size: 11pt;
text-align: left;
background: white;
}
H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6 {
font-weight: bold;
margin-top: 0.8em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}
H1 { font-size: 19pt }
H2 { font-size: 17pt }
H3 { font-size: 15pt }
H4 { font-size: 13pt }
H5 { font-size: 12pt }
H6 { font-size: 11pt }
P, OL, UL, DL, BLOCKQUOTE, PRE {
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
P {
line-height: 1.2em;
text-indent: 0;
}
OL, UL, DD { margin-left: 2em }
TT, KBD, PRE { font-family: Courier }
PRE { font-size: 9pt }
BLOCKQUOTE {
margin-left: 1em;
margin-right: 1em;
}
ADDRESS {
margin-top: 0.5em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}
TABLE {
margin-top: 1.3em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
DIV.noprint { display: none }
DEL { text-decoration: line-through }
A:link, HR { color: black }
@page {
margin-left: 2.5cm;
margin-right: 2.5cm;
margin-top: 3cm;
margin-bottom: 3cm;
}
The program specific block @html2ps:
This block is used to specify parameters that are specific to html2ps,
and not covered by CSS2. The @html2ps block has several sub-blocks and
key-value pairs, these are described in this section.
The package block
This block is used to specify which program packages are installed
on the system. Typically, this is done in the global configuration
file.
PerlMagick
A flag specifying whether the Perl module PerlMagick is
installed or not. The default is 0.
ImageMagick
A flag specifying whether the ImageMagick package is
installed or not. The default is 0.
pbmplus
A flag specifying whether the pbmplus package is installed
or not. The default is 0.
netpbm A flag specifying whether the netpbm package is installed
or not. The default is 0.
djpeg A flag specifying whether djpeg is installed or not. The
default is 0.
Ghostscript
A flag specifying whether Ghostscript is installed or not.
The default is 0.
TeX A flag specifying whether the TeX package is installed or
not. The default is 0.
dvips A flag specifying whether dvips is installed or not. The
default is 0.
libwww-perl
A flag specifying whether the Perl module library libwww-
perl is installed or not. The default is 0.
geturl When neither of the Perl packages for retrieving remote
documents are available, it is possible to use some other
program like wget or lynx. This value should be set to a
command that retrieves a document with a complete MIME
header, such as "wget -s-q -O-" or "lynx -source
-mime_header".
check The name of a program used for syntax checking HTML docu‐
ments. No default, a good choice is weblint.
path A colon separated list of directories where the executables
from the program packages are. It is only necessary to
include directories that are not in the PATH for a typical
user.
The paper block
The paper size is defined in this block. The size can either be
given as one of the recognized paper types or by giving explicit
values for the paper height and width. As of version 1.0 beta2,
one can also use the @page block in CSS2 for the paper size. The
paper block is kept for backwards compatibility. Also, one can
only specify explicit dimensions in @page, not any paper types by
name.
type Paper type, possible choices are: A0, A1, A2, A3,
A4,...,A10, B0, B1,...,B10, letter, legal, arche, archd,
archc, archb, archa, flsa, flse, halfletter, 11x17, and
ledger (this set of paper types is taken from Aladdin
Ghostscript). The default is A4.
height An absolute size specifying the paper height.
width An absolute size specifying the paper width.
The option block
This block is used to set default values for the command line
options. The key in the key-value pair is the option name, in
either its long or short form.
twoup Two column (2-up) output. The default is one column per
page.
base Use URL as a base to expand relative references for in-line
images. This is useful if you have downloaded a document to
a local file. The URL should then be the URL of the origi‐
nal document.
check Check the syntax of the HTML file (using an external syntax
checker). The default is to not make a syntax check.
toc Generate a table of contents (ToC). The value should be a
string consisting of one of the letters 'f', 'h', or 't',
optionally combined with the letter 'b':
b The ToC will be printed first. This requires that
Ghostscript is installed.
f The ToC will be generated from the links in the con‐
verted document.
h The ToC will be generated from headings and titles
in the converted documents. Note that if the docu‐
ment author for some strange reason has chosen to
use some other means to represent the headings than
the HTML elements H1,...,H6, you are out of luck!
t The ToC will be generated from links having the
attribute rev=TOC in the converted document.
debug Generate debugging information. You should always use this
option when reporting problems with html2ps.
DSC Generate DSC compliant PostScript. This requires Ghost‐
script and can take quite some time to do. Note that a
PostScript file generated with this option cannot be used
as input to html2ps for reformatting later.
encoding
The document encoding. Currently recognized values are
ISO-8859-1, EUC-JP, SHIFT-JIS, and ISO-2022-JP (other EUC-
xx encodings may also work). The default is ISO-8859-1.
rcfile A colon separated list of configuration file names to use
instead of the default personal configuration file
$HOME/.html2psrc. Definitions made in one file override
definitions in previous files (the last file in the list
has highest precedence). An empty file name (as in ':file',
'file1::file3', or 'file:') will expand to the default per‐
sonal file. The environment variable HTML2PSPATH is used to
specify the directories where to search for these files.
(Note: this is only supposed to be used on the command
line, not in a configuration file.)
frame Draw a frame around the text on each page. The default is
to not draw a frame.
grayscale
Convert colour images to grayscale images. Note that the
PostScript file will be smaller when the images are con‐
verted to grayscale. The default is to generate colour
images.
help Show usage information.
hyphenate
Hyphenate the text. This requires TeX hyphenation pattern
files.
scaleimage
Scale in-line images with a factor num. The default is 1.
cookie Enable cookie support, using a netscape formatted cookie
file (requires libwww-perl).
language
Specifies the language of the document (overrides an even‐
tual LANG attribute of the BODY element). The language
should be given according to RFC1766
(ftp://ftp.nordu.net/rfc/rfc1766.txt) and ISO 639
(http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm).
landscape
Generate code for printing in landscape mode. The default
is portrait mode.
scalemath
Scale mathematical formulas with a factor num. The default
is 1.
mainchapter
Specifies the start number for automatic numbering of head‐
ings (by setting the seq-number parameter), the default is
1.
number Insert page numbers. The default is to not number the
pages.
startno
Specifies the starting page number, the default is 1.
output Write the PostScript code to file. The default is to write
to standard output.
original
Use PostScript original images if they exist. For example,
if a document contains an image figure.gif, and an encapsu‐
lated PostScript file named figure.ps exists in the same
directory, that file will be use instead. This only work
for documents read as local files. Note: if the PostScript
file is large or contains bitmap images, this must be com‐
bined with the -D option. In HTML 4.0 this can be achieved
in a much better way with:
<OBJECT data="figure.ps" type="application/postscript">
<OBJECT data="figure.gif" type="image/gif">
<PRE>[Maybe some ASCII art for text browsers]</PRE>
</OBJECT>
</OBJECT>
rootdir
When a document is read from a local file, this value spec‐
ifies a base directory for resolving relative links start‐
ing with "/". Typically, this should be the directory
where your web server's home page resides.
xref Insert cross references at every link to within the set of
converted documents.
scaledoc
Scale the entire document with a factor num. The default
is 1.
style This option complements/overrides definitions made in the
configuration files. The string must follow the configura‐
tion file syntax. (Note: this is only supposed to be used
on the command line, not in a configuration file.)
titlepage
Generate a title page. The default is to not generate one.
text Text mode, ignore images. The default is to include the
images.
underline
Underline text that constitutes a hypertext link. The
default is to not underline.
colour Produce colour output for text and background, when speci‐
fied. The default is black text on white background
(mnemonic: coloUr ;-).
version
Print information about the current version of html2ps.
web Process a web of documents by recursively retrieve and con‐
vert documents that are referenced with hyperlinks. When
dealing with remote documents it will of course be neces‐
sary to impose restrictions, to avoid downloading the
entire web... The value should be a string consisting of
one of the letters 'a', 'b', 'l', 'r', or 's', optionally
combined with a combination of the letters 'p', 'L', and a
positive integer:
a Follow all links.
b Follow only links to within the same directory, or
below, as the start document.
l Follow only links specified with "<LINK rel=NEXT>"
in the document.
p Prompt for each remote document. This mode will
automatically be entered after the first 50 docu‐
ments.
r Follow only relative links.
s Follow only links to within the same server as the
start document.
L With this option, the order in which the documents
are processed will be: first all top level docu‐
ments, then the documents linked to from these etc.
For example, if the document A has links to B and C,
and B has a link to D, the order will be A-B-C-D.
By default, each document will be followed by the
first document it links to etc; so the default order
for the example is A-B-D-C.
# A positive integer giving the number of recursive
levels. The default is 4 (when the option is
present).
duplex Generate postscript code for single or double sided print‐
ing. No default, valid values are:
0 Single sided.
1 Double sided.
2 Double sided, opposite page reversed (tumble mode).
The margin block
This block is used to specify page margins. The left, right, top
and bottom margins, previously defined with this block, should now
be defined using the @page construction from CSS2.
middle An absolute size for the distance between the columns when
printing two columns per page, default is 2cm.
The xref block
At every hyperlink (to within the set of converted documents) it
is possible to have a cross reference inserted. The xref block is
used to control this function.
text This defines the cross reference text to be inserted; the
symbol $N will expand to the page number, default is "[p
$N]".
passes The number of passes used to insert the cross references.
Normally, only one pass is run. But since the insertion of
the page numbers may effect the page breaks, it might for
large documents with many links be necessary with more than
one pass to get the cross references right. The default is
1.
The quote block
Language specific quotation marks are defined in this block.
These quotation marks are used with the HTML 4.01 element Q for
short quotations. Quotation marks are predefined for a few lan‐
guages (English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (also Nynorsk and
Bokm�l), Finnish, Spanish, French, German and Italian). It is pos‐
sible to define different quotation marks for quotes within
quotes.
A quotation mark is defined as a string, using the same encoding
as the converted document (normally ISO-8859-1), and/or with char‐
acter entities. Note that quotation mark characters for several
languages are not included in ISO-8859-1, and their corresponding
character entities were not been defined prior to HTML 4.0.
Quotation marks for a language can be defined explicitly in a sub-
block of the quote block. One can also identify the set of quota‐
tion marks with another previously defined language, using a key-
value pair. The sub-block/key name should equal the language code
as defined in ISO 639. The language sub-block can have the follow‐
ing key-values:
open The quote opening character(s).
close The quote closing character(s). If undefined, it
will equal open.
open2 The quote opening character(s) for quotes within
quotes. If undefined, it will equal open.
close2 The quote closing character(s) for quotes within
quotes. If undefined, it will equal close.
Example: English and Spanish use the same set of quotation marks -
at least according to my book on typography. These (already known
to html2ps) are defined with:
quote {
en {
open: "“";
close: "”";
open2: "`";
close2: "'";
}
es: en;
}
The toc block
When a table of contents (ToC) is generated from document headings
and titles, the appearance is controlled by this block.
heading
A string with HTML code specifying a heading used on the
first ToC page.
level The maximum heading level used for building the ToC. The
default is 6, which means that all headings will generate
ToC entries.
indent The ToC entries are indented proportional to the corre‐
sponding heading level. This value specifies the size of
the indentation. The default is 1em.
The titlepage block
When a title page is generated, its appearance is controlled by
this block.
content
A string with HTML code specifying a heading used on the
title page, The default is "<DIV align=center>
<H1><BIG>$T</BIG></H1> <H2>$[author]</H2></DIV>".
margin-top
The size of the top margin on the title page, The default
is 4cm.
The font block
Currently, html2ps recognizes the fonts: Times, New-Century-
Schoolbook, Helvetica, Helvetica-Narrow, Palatino, Avantgarde,
Bookman, and Courier. To add a new font (family), choose a name
(consisting of letters, digits, hyphens, and underscores) for the
font. Then define a sub-block to the font block, with the same
name as the chosen font name. This block can contain two key-value
pairs:
names A string containing four PostScript font names, sep‐
arated by whitespace, corresponding to the font
styles normal, italic, bold, and bold-italic. If
less than four names are given, the first is used
for the missing names. Note that PostScript font
names are case sensitive.
files A string of four file names, separated by white‐
space, for files containing font definitions for the
four font styles as specified above.
Example: A font 'myfont' has its four font styles defined in local
files. To use this font in all tables in the converted documents,
one can use something like:
TABLE { font-family: myfont }
@html2ps {
font {
myfont {
names: "MyFont-Roman MyFont-Italic MyFont-Bold MyFont-
BoldItalic";
files: "/x/y/myfr.pfa /x/y/myfi.pfa /x/y/myfb.pfa
/x/y/myfbi.pfa";
}
}
}
The hyphenation block
Hyphenation pattern files for different languages are specified in
sub-blocks within this block. The blocks names should equal the
language code as defined in ISO 639. These language blocks can
contain the following two key-values:
file A hyphenation pattern file in TeX format for this
language.
extfile
A file containing a list of hyphenation exceptions
for this language. The exception file should con‐
tain words, separated by whitespaces, with hyphens
inserted where hyphenation is allowed, as in: "in-
fra-struc-ture white-space".
For example, for English (with language code 'en') one can have a
block like:
en {
file: "/opt/tex/lib/macros/hyphen.tex";
extfile: "/opt/tdb/lib/html2ps/enhyphext";
}
The hyphenation block itself can furthermore have these key-val‐
ues:
min A positive integer defining the minimum number of letters a
word must contain to make it a candidate for hyphenation.
The default is 8.
start A positive integer defining the minimum number of letters
that must precede the hyphen when a word is hyphenated.
The default is 4.
end A positive integer defining the minimum number of letters
that must follow the hyphen when a word is hyphenated. The
default is 3.
The header block
This block is used to specify page headers. It is possible to
define left, center, and right headers. Different headers for odd
and even pages can be specified. Some symbols can be used that
will expand to document title, author, date etc. See below.
left A left aligned header. If the alternate flag in this block
is set to 1, this will be the right header on even pages.
center A centered header.
right A right aligned header. If the alternate flag in this block
is set to 1, this will be the left header on even pages.
odd-left
A left aligned header on odd pages.
odd-center
A centered header on odd pages.
odd-right
A right aligned header on odd pages.
even-left
A left aligned header on even pages.
even-center
A centered header on even pages.
even-right
A right aligned header on even pages.
font-family
The font used for the header, default is Helvetica.
font-size
The font size for the header, default is 8pt.
font-style
The default is "normal".
font-weight
The default is "normal".
color The header color, default is black.
alternate
A flag indicating whether the headers given by the left and
right keys should change place on even pages. Typically
used for double sided printing. The default is 1.
The footer block
This block is used to specify page footers. It is possible to
define left, center, and right footers. Different footers for odd
and even pages can be specified. Some symbols can be used that
will expand to document title, author, date etc. See below.
left A left aligned footer. If the alternate flag in this block
is set to 1, this will be the right footer on even pages.
center A centered footer.
right A right aligned footer. If the alternate flag in this block
is set to 1, this will be the left footer on even pages.
odd-left
A left aligned footer on odd pages.
odd-center
A centered footer on odd pages.
odd-right
A right aligned footer on odd pages.
even-left
A left aligned footer on even pages.
even-center
A centered footer on even pages.
even-right
A right aligned footer on even pages.
font-family
The font used for the footer, default is Helvetica.
font-size
The font size for the footer, default is 8pt.
font-style
The default is "normal".
font-weight
The default is "normal".
color The footer color, default is black.
alternate
A flag indicating whether the footers given by the left and
right keys should change place on even pages. Typically
used for double sided printing. The default is 1.
The frame block
The appearance of the optional frame (drawn on each page) is con‐
trolled by this block.
width The width of the frame, default is 0.6pt.
margin The size of the frame margin, default is 0.5cm.
color The colour of the frame, default is black.
The justify block
This block specifies the maximum amount of extra space inserted
between words and letters when text justification is in effect.
word Maximum amount of extra space inserted between words. The
default is 15pt.
letter Maximum amount of extra space inserted between letters
within words. The default is 0pt.
The draft block
It is possible to have some text written in a large font diago‐
nally across each page. Typically this is a word, written in a
very light colour, indicating that the document is a draft.
text The text to be printed, default is "DRAFT".
print A flag specifying whether the draft text should be printed
or not. If unspecified, the draft text is printed when the
document head contains <META name="Status" con‐
tent="Draft">.
dir Specifies print direction, 0=downwards, 1=upwards.
font-family
The default is Helvetica.
font-style
The default is "normal".
font-weight
The default is "bold".
color The default is "F0F0F0".
The colour block
The 16 standard colour names from HTML 4.01 (although their use in
HTML elements are now deprecated) are recognized by html2ps. Use
this block to extend this list of colours. This is done with key-
value pairs, where the key is the colour name, and the value is
the colour given as a hexadecimal RGB value, for example: "brown:
A52A2A;".
Key-value pairs in the @html2ps block
html2psrc
The name of the default personal configuration file. The
default is $HOME/.html2psrc.
imgalt Specifies which text should be written as a replacement for in-
line images when the IMG element has no ALT attribute. The
default is "[IMAGE]".
datefmt
The symbol $D can be used in page headers and footers to insert
the current date/time; the value of the datefmt key specifies
the format used. The syntax is the same as in the strftime(3)
routine. The default is "%e %b %Y %R", which gives a date
string like " 7 May 2010 13:22".
locale The locale (language code) used for formating language dependent
parts of the date/time in datefmt. If unspecified, the value is
taken from environment variables, see setlocale(3). No default.
doc-sep
A string of HTML code that will be inserted between the docu‐
ments when more than one are converted. The default is "<!--New‐
Page-->", which will cause a page break. You may use (almost)
any HTML code, for example "<HR><HR>" or "<IMG src=...>".
ball-radius
The radius, given as a relative size, of the balls used in
unordered lists. The default is 0.25em.
numbstyle
Page numbering style, 0=arabic, 1=roman. The default is 0.
showurl
When this flag is set to 1, the URL for external links are shown
within parentheses after the link. The default is 0.
seq-number
When this flag is set, the headings in the document will be
sequentially numbered: H1 headings will be numbered 1, 2,..., H2
headings 1.1, 1.2, etc. The starting number for H1 can be
changed using the -M (--mainchapter) option. The default is 0.
extrapage
A flag specifying whether an extra (empty) page should be
printed, when necessary, to ensure that the title page, the ta‐
ble of contents, and the document itself will start on odd
pages. This is typically desirable for double sided printing.
The default is 1.
break-table
A flag specifying if a table should be broken across two pages
when it does not fit on the current page, but it does on a page
of its own. The default is 0 (avoid breaking tables when possi‐
ble).
forms This flag is used to specify whether FORM elements in the docu‐
ment should be processed or ignored. Some forms may be suitable
for printing out and be filled out (with a pen), others are not.
The default is 1.
textarea-data
When a TEXTAREA element contains prefilled data, the text will
be used as labels if this flag is set, otherwise ignored. The
default is 0.
page-break
Set this flag to 0 to suppress the normal behavior of generating
page breaks from the comment <!--NewPage--> etc, as specified
below. The default is 1.
expand-acronyms
A flag specifying whether acronyms, given by the ACRONYM ele‐
ment, should be expanded or not. The default is 0.
spoof Some web servers return different documents depending on which
user agent is used to retrieve the document. You can fool the
web server that a certain browser is used, by setting this value
to the identification used by the browser, such as
"Mozilla/4.0". This only works if you are using one of the Perl
packages to retrieve remote documents.
ssi When this flag is set, some Server Side Includes will be pro‐
cessed when the document is read from a local file. Examples are
<!--#include file=...>, <!--#echo var="LAST_MODIFIED">,
<!--#config timefmt=...>. The default is 0.
prefilled
This flag controls whether the content of form elements should
be rendered or not. That is, when this flag is set, the content
of TEXTAREA elements, and the value of the value attribute of
text INPUT elements will be shown. Also, checked radio buttons
and checkboxes will be marked. The default is 0.
SYMBOLS
The following symbols can be used on the title page, the page head‐
ers/footers, and in the heading for the table of contents:
Symbols of the form "$[name]" will expand to the value of the content
attribute of META elements, having either of the attributes "name=name"
or "http-equiv=name" (case insensitive string matching). For example,
when a document containing:
<META name="expires" content="31 Dec 2011">
is converted, using a configuration file with:
footer { left: "Expires: $[expires]" }
this left footer will be inserted:
Expires: 31 Dec 2011
In addition, these symbols are defined:
$T Current document title.
$A Author of current document, as specified with <META
name="Author" content="..."> in the document head.
$U The URL, or file name, of current document.
$N Page number.
$H Current document heading (level 1-3).
$D Current date/time. The format is given by the datefmt
key.
So $A is equivalent to $[author], but kept for backwards compatibility.
To avoid symbol expansion, precede the dollar sign with a backslash, as
in "\$T".
HINTS
I imagine that a typical use of configuration files can be something
along the following lines.
System specific definitions (e.g. specification of available program
packages) and global defaults (paper type etc) are defined in the
global configuration file.
If there is more than one user of the program on the system, each user
can also have a personal configuration file with his/hers own personal
preferences. (On a single user system one can use the global configu‐
ration file for this purpose as well.)
One may also develop a collection of configuration files for typical
situations. These files are placed in a directory that is searched by
html2ps (the search path is defined with the environment variable
HTML2PSPATH). For example, to print a document as slides - in land‐
scape mode, with large text in Helvetica, and a thick frame - one can
create a configuration file, called 'slides' say, containing:
@html2ps {
option {
landscape: 1;
frame: 1;
}
frame { width: 3pt }
}
BODY {
font-family: Helvetica;
font-size: 20pt;
}
H1 { font-size: 35pt }
H2 { font-size: 32pt }
H3 { font-size: 29pt }
H4 { font-size: 26pt }
H5 { font-size: 23pt }
H6 { font-size: 20pt }
PRE { font-size: 18pt }
Then use the command:
html2ps -f slides ...
to convert the document. Note that with this command the file 'slides'
is used instead of the personal configuration file. If you want both to
be used, giving precedence to definitions made in the file 'slides',
use the command:
html2ps -f :slides ...
(The page breaks between the slides can for example be generated by
adding '<HR class=PAGE-BREAK>' to the HTML document.)
For features that are frequently turned on and off, and that cannot be
controlled by command line options, it may be a good idea to create
small configuration files as "building blocks". For example a file 'A4'
for printing on A4 paper (if you have some other default paper type):
@html2ps { paper { type: A4 } }
and a file 'hnum' for automatic numbering of headings:
@html2ps { seq-number: 1 }
Combining this with the previous example: to convert a document for
printing on A4 sized slides with all headings numbered, use the com‐
mand:
html2ps -f :slides:A4:hnum ...
SEE ALSOhtml2ps(1), setlocale(3), strftime(3)VERSION
This manpage describes html2ps version 1.0 beta7.
AVAILABILITY
http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html
AUTHOR
Jan Karrman (jan@it.uu.se)
Autogenerated 7 May 2010 html2psrc(5)
