(a2ps.info)Configuration Files

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4 Configuration Files
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a2ps reads several files before the command line options.  In the order,
they are:
  1. the system configuration file (usually '/usr/local/etc/a2ps.cfg')
     unless you have defined the environment variable 'A2PS_CONFIG', in
     which case a2ps reads the file it points to;

  2. the user's home configuration file ('$HOME/.a2ps/a2psrc')

  3. the local file ('./.a2psrc')

   Because a2ps needs architecture dependent information (such as the
local 'lpr' command) and architecture independent information (such as
the type of your printers), users have found useful that 'a2ps.cfg' be
dedicated to architecture dependent information.  A sub configuration
file, 'a2ps-site.cfg' (Note: Including Configuration Files) is
included from 'a2ps.cfg'.

   The file 'a2ps.cfg' is updated when you update a2ps, while
'a2ps-site.cfg' is not, to preserve local definitions.

   In the configuration files, empty lines and lines starting with '#'
are comments.

   The other lines have all the following form:
     TOPIC: ARGUMENTS

where TOPIC: is a keyword related to what you are customizing, and
ARGUMENTS the customization.  ARGUMENTS may be spread on several lines,
provided that the last character of a line to continue is a '\'.

   In the following sections, each TOPIC: is detailed.

Including Configuration Files

Isolating site specific values

Your Library Path

Setting the files search path

Your Default Options

Default state of a2ps

Your Media

Sheets dimensions

Your Printers

How to access the printers

Your Shortcuts

Your very own command line options

Your PostScript magic number

Handling very old printers

Your Page Labels

Page names as in 'Ghostview'

Your Variables

Short cut for long sequences

Your Delegations

Delegating some files to other filters

Your Internal Details

Details you might want to tune