Templated text to PS conversion

[joe kagenski]

I haven't looked at the man for 'enscript' in a while, but it converts txt 
to ps and I believe
may allow you to insert some ps commands that might do what you need

At 11:59 AM 1/29/2004 -0800, Michael Costolo wrote:

>--- Dan Coutu <coutu at snowy-owl.com> wrote:
> > I'm searching the net for this and thought I'd also ask here in case
> > someone knows of such a beast already.
> >
> > I'm trying to find something that's like an enhanced txt2ps converter.
> > It would not only convert text to PostScript, retaining the same layout,
> > but also allow inserting of graphic elements, such as a logo, into the
> > output in a pre-defined place.
> >
> > The idea is to be able to use textual reports, such as you get from
> > ordinary SQL, and print them so that they look like they were typeset.
> > The requirement to be able to add in at least one graphic is key.
> >
> > Ring any bells? Does anyone know of something like this out there?
>
>If you can make it so that you output some some LaTeX prior to your text 
>output (and
>after), you can add all the graphics you want and convert to PS or PDF:
>
>% LaTeX preamble
>\documentclass{report}
>\usepackage{graphicx}
>%
>\begin{document}
>% add your image
>\includegraphics{filename}
>%
>\begin{verbatim}
>% insert your text below
>\end{verbatim}
>\end{document}
>
>Save as filename.tex.  Run "latex filename.tex" then "dvips filename.dvi" 
>to get
>filename.ps.
>
>This is one solution anyway.
>
>-Mike-
>
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