I have problem converting a file to PDF. I create the file with
echo ęąśćżńł > text and convert:
enscript -O text -o - | ps2pdf - out.pdf However, out.pdf has an encoding problem:
2 Answers
enscript just does not support Unicode. You need to use a different tool such as paps to convert text to PostScript. With --header option an output .pdf is similar to one produced with enscript:
$ paps text --header | ps2pdf - outheader.pdf answered Apr 21, 2015 at 14:06
Arkadiusz Drabczyk
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- Paps not support headers and footers created with User.Miko– Miko2015-04-22 12:32:03 +00:00Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 12:32
- What is
User?Arkadiusz Drabczyk– Arkadiusz Drabczyk2015-04-22 12:34:29 +00:00Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 12:34 - I'm a user and I would like created header and footerMiko– Miko2015-04-22 12:40:48 +00:00Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 12:40
- I'm the author of paps. Please add a detailed feature request in the github repo, and I'll be happy to add this.Dov Grobgeld– Dov Grobgeld2020-07-29 12:40:37 +00:00Commented Jul 29, 2020 at 12:40
I have had a better experience with the u2ps program written by Alex Suykov which produces much smaller PDF files using system Unicode fonts. This program is not in Ubuntu or Fedora; you have to compile it yourself. The usage is the same:
$ u2ps text.txt | ps2pdf - text.pdf (Compared to u2ps, paps output is huge).
Update, February 2025:
I have written a more extensive post on u2ps and its newer C version here.
out.pdfhas?iconv -t latin2 < text | enscript -X latin2 -o -would work, but apparently not. Anybody knows why?enscriptand usepapsora2psor other.