This package consists of the following files:
* README   - you are reading it
* a2ps     - the perl script
* a2ps.1   - the man page
* Makefile - the installation makefile
* COPYING  - the GNU General Public License

What does it do:
Well, it transforms an ASCII file to PostScript (level 1 compliant). The
program understands the following ASCII control characters: \t, \b, \r, \n,
and \f. It can also process characters with the high bit on. It uses the
Standard Text Encoding PostScript font.

What platform do I need:
Any Unix flavor running perl (4 or 5) should be just fine. In versions before
1.4.1 I made use of some auxiliar programs to fill out some headers, but I've
learned a portable way (I hope) to just retrieve it from the environment
variables USER (or LOGNAME if USER doesn't exist) and HOST. If for some
reasons these variables don't exist, a silly default will be chosen (it is
just for the PostScript header, so don't worry). I have it running on Linux,
SunOS, and Solaris without any problems since August 1995.

Oops, mea culpa:
Originally this package was called a2ps-1.4.x.tar.gz but there already existed
a package with a prefix a2ps (albeit the naming scheme was a little bit
different). Since the other package existed earlier I've changed the name of
my package. However, by default it will still install as a2ps but you can
easily change this. I guess you only need one ASCII to PostScript transformer,
so leaving the name a2ps won't be a big problem.

How to install:
0) Read the file COPYING. It applies to this package.
1) Have a look at the "Makefile" (shocking, I know :-) and change the
   location of PERL and the installation directories BINDIR and MANDIR to
   your liking. If you already have a program called a2ps on your system you
   can install a2ps under a different name by changing A2PS.
2) Say the magic words:
      make
      make install

Contact information:
Hans de Vreught <J.P.M.deVreught@cs.tudelft.nl>
De Brink 70
2553 HA  The Hague
The Netherlands
