The a2ps default of printing to the default printer is the upstream
default and documented in the upstream info file, so I think that changing
the Debian version to behave differently would be surprising. However, I
agree that the man page doesn't document this very well.
Here is a patch to fix that.
#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
## 19_better_d_docs.dpatch by Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
##
## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
## DP: Better document the default output and the -d option.
## DP: Addresses Bug#193530
@DPATCH@
diff -urNad --exclude=CVS --exclude=.svn ./src/main.c
/tmp/dpep-work.VxVNkZ/a2ps-4.13b/src/main.c
--- ./src/main.c 2005-07-30 17:00:19.622678976 -0700
+++ /tmp/dpep-work.VxVNkZ/a2ps-4.13b/src/main.c 2005-07-30 17:00:40.252542760
-0700
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@
fprintf (stream, _("\
Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
\n\
-Convert FILE(s) or standard input to PostScript.\n\
+Convert FILE(s) or standard input to PostScript. By default, the output\n\
+is sent to the default printer. An output file may be specified with -o.\n\
\n\
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
Long options marked with * require a yes/no argument, corresponding\n\
@@ -781,7 +782,8 @@
--version-control=WORD override the usual version control\n\
--suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix\n\
-P, --printer=NAME send output to printer NAME\n\
- -d send output to the default printer\n"));
+ -d send output to the default printer\n\
+ (this is the default behavior)\n"));
sputc ('\n');
sfputs (_("PostScript:\n"));
--
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
