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On Wednesday, 13 March 2002 08:18:10 UTC+4, Randy Winfrey  wrote:
> I am doing some consulting for a local company which is using version
> 4 of Interleaf on a VAXstation running VMS. (Yes, I tried to tell them
> to upgrade a long time ago.) They have used it for a long time and
> have written a number of programs specific to their business which
> generate ASCII markup input for Interleaf.
> 
> We need to generate a Postscript output file, which we then want to
> convert to PDF file, maybe with Ghostscript. (This version of
> Interleaf does not have an option to generate Postscript directly from
> the desktop.)
> 
> It seems like the pl2ps filter ought to do the trick: just generate
> the Printerleaf file and use pl2ps (Version 4.0.5) to generate the
> Postscript. I have tried
> 
>    pl2ps -usage 
> 
> and got a list of the options. I have tried the obvious 
> 
>    pl2ps -i my_file.pl -o my_file.ps
> 
> and the less obvious (from a logical name IWS4_??_ARGV, didn't write
> down the name)
> 
>    pl2ps -i my_file.pl -o my_file.ps -v -T pslw+ -r 1270 -RV
> 
> In either case, the program prints the contents of a file,
> pspro.ps_4_0_5, to the screen, then prints an error message
> 
>    unable to figure which lfu to use
> 
> No output file is produced.
> 
> A search through this group and other places revealed that pl2ps has a
> well deserved reputation for user hostility. Does anyone know what the
> proper
> options/syntax would be?
> 
> Thanks!

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