No comment by anyone? Today, I have read https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/manual/a2ps.html for a2ps version 4.15.2. It mentions Unicode, but given what I have read before, specifically what I described in the previous message, I am not sure about it.
Please, can someone clarify this doubt for me? Thank you Em 12/03/2023 22:08, Dedeco Balaco escreveu: > > Hello, > > I recently discovered the existence of *a2ps*, and now, I am willing > to give it some tries, and practice what it can do that could be good > for me. > > But it seems that unicode is not supported at all, from what is > written in the *README* file that comes with the source package, other > files in it, and (possibly) other details written in the a2ps page in > gnu.org <https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/> and the project page in > Savannah <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/a2ps/>. > > First, there is an issue that only 12 encodings are mentioned in the > *README *file: > > latin1, latin2, latin3, latin4, latin5, latin6, > ascii, hp, mac, ibmpc, pcg, cp1250 > > But some more are mentioned in the file *encoding/encoding.map*. But > *Unicode*, *UTF-8* and *UTF-16* are not there. But will it work if > people use the other encondings that are not in this *map* file? > > And the 12 encodings listed mean that *a2ps* cannot work with input > files that use characters not present in them? > > A comment just for Reuben: it is noticeable all the details you added > in the message sent to GNU mailing list. I would not look around to > test this project today, but I read the "new details" in the email, > and they broke my idea. > > The best for everyone! *(:* > >
