On Tue 09 Apr 2013 at 20:16:43 +0000, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > >>>>> Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com> writes: > > > So, at its most basic: > > > /usr/sbin/cupsfilter input.txt > output.pdf > > > Being in /usr/sbin the program's existence is not immediately obvious > > to a user. > > What's worse, it currently belongs to the ‘cups’ package (and > not, say, ‘cups-filters’), thus bringing all the dependencies of > CUPS for the simple task in question. > > Yet another issue is the documentation. An example (like the > one above) would certainly be apt for cupsfilter(8), and the > list of ‘texttopdf’ options (and likewise for the other useful > filters), either in the manual page, or in another one > referenced from there, would be handy.
textopdf is now available without installing CUPS: apt-get install cups-filters-core-drivers So (as the subject heading requests) texttopdf is available as a standalone application. Looks like bug-closing time. :) Regards, Brian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
