[SOLVED] Which application for printing a pdf out of a txt file (without editing it)

floppy_stuttgart · 01-22-2011, 06:12 PM

Hello,
I would like to use "midnight commander" (="MC") as editor. But I dont know how to print a pdf out of MC (in Word, Leafpad .. are menu with print.. output, but not in MC).
So, the idea would be to use a line command print programm out of MC like
"printtxt2pdfprogram myfiletobeprinted.txt"
and the output would be myfiletobeprinted.pdf
Has somebody an Idea which programm is available?.
Thanks

stress_junkie · 01-22-2011, 06:38 PM

a2pdf should work.
http://perl.jonallen.info/projects/a2pdf

http://freshmeat.net/projects/a2pdf

allend · 01-22-2011, 09:18 PM

You could also create a virtual PDF printer using CUPS-PDF and then print to that printer. http://www.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/

floppy_stuttgart · 01-23-2011, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

You could also create a virtual PDF printer using CUPS-PDF and then print to that printer. http://www.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/

Thanks.
Midnight Commander has no "print" menu where cups-pdf could be started.
Now: can cups-pdf be used as a command line?
like "print -p cups-pdf filetobeprinted.txt output" ?

allend · 01-23-2011, 07:04 PM

If you want to print a text file to a pdf file from within Midnight Commander, select the file and do Command -> User menu -> @ (Do something on the current file) and enter the command 'lpr -P <cups-pdf-printer-name>'.

You may find this little script useful.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# Script to watch for creation of .pdf files by CUPS-PDF in spool directory
#  and move to users directory prepending the creation date and time.
#
# This script should never exit

SPOOL_DIR=/var/spool/cups-pdf/<USERNAME>/
USERS_DIR=/home/<USERNAME>/Desktop/PDF_Files/

inotifywait  -mq --timefmt '%Y%m%d %H%M%S' --format '%T %f' \
  -e close_write $SPOOL_DIR \
  | while read date time file; do
      mv $SPOOL_DIR${file} $USERS_DIR${date}${time}_${file} 
    done

floppy_stuttgart · 01-24-2011, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

If you want to print a text file to a pdf file from within Midnight Commander, select the file and do Command -> User menu -> @ (Do something on the current file) and enter the command 'lpr -P <cups-pdf-printer-name>'.

You may find this little script useful.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# Script to watch for creation of .pdf files by CUPS-PDF in spool directory
#  and move to users directory prepending the creation date and time.
#
# This script should never exit

SPOOL_DIR=/var/spool/cups-pdf/<USERNAME>/
USERS_DIR=/home/<USERNAME>/Desktop/PDF_Files/

inotifywait  -mq --timefmt '%Y%m%d %H%M%S' --format '%T %f' \
  -e close_write $SPOOL_DIR \
  | while read date time file; do
      mv $SPOOL_DIR${file} $USERS_DIR${date}${time}_${file} 
    done

thanks. exactly what i need. the line command dont work in TinyCoreLinux with the extension cups-pdf.. but i am working on it in the TCL forum. Thanks!