On 9-01-2018, at 13h 06'44", Curt wrote about "Re: How to create a PDF-Printer from the command line" > On 2018-01-09, Curt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2018-01-09, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 9-01-2018, at 06h 52'16", davidson wrote about "Re: How to create a > >> PDF-Printer from the command line" > >>> > > >>> >How does one convert a text file to a PDF using the command line? > >>> > >>> Step 1. Make sure the text file is also a latex document. > >>> Step 2. Use latex. > >> > >> Assuming step 1 is reached, step 2 will make a dvi file. That was not > >> what the OP asked for... > > > > pdftex (your one step road to a pdf)? > > > If you're dealing with latex files, as I have taken some minutes to > discover (cough), you need 'pdflatex', not pdftex, which will barf > immediately upon encountering latex commands. >
I use LaTeX since 1997, so I know about this. Dealing with step 1, if a text document is properly formated one can use txt2html to generate a html file which then can be converted further directly into LaTeX with gnuhtml2latex, or into ps (with html2ps), pdf (with wkhtmltopdf), etc. I did not use any of the above, so I can't say how good they work. Converting text to pdf is something I did many times. In the past I used enscript and a2ps. Then I experimented with u2ps and cedilla. I use lately paps (with --font="Freemono 12") for a good UTF-8 coverage. Of course I go via postscript, but that is not so bad. In a single go, a pdf printer may still be the only option. Ionel
