This is a2x's README.

A2x converts ascii to ps and different formats using GhostScript
Its heart is a2x.ps, a PostScript program, which does most of the work.

You may choose upon paper formats, orientations, fonts, their sizes,
number of columns; you may print only odd/even pages, or just count the
number of pages, the output would have; you may print the page's number,
the file's name and current date on top of each page; it handles tabs
and backspaces, supports different character sets and more...

Please, read the manual page (nroff -man a2x.1 | less).
It describes how to install and use a2x in detail.

I hope, this for you. 

Christoph

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Changes:

0.1 --> 0.2 (08/23/94) ------------------------------

 * added the a2x script (it's bad, but seems to work)
 * wrote a2xdoc

0.2 --> 0.3 (09/04/94) ------------------------------

 * minor bug fixes
 * added head=name option

0.3 --> 0.4 (09/28/94) ------------------------------

 * a2x.ps now handles tabs

0.4 --> 0.9 (11/17/94) ------------------------------

 * a2x.ps now handles backspaces with -bs option
 * added -man option for printing manpages
 * added -nx option to do x lines per page printing
 * a2x.ps now runs with real PostScript printers :-)
 * rewrote a2x script
 * added manual page (replaces a2xdoc)
 * replaced -head[=xxx] option by -title[=xxx] and -date options

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