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5.2 Map Files
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Many things are defined through files.  There is a general scheme to
associate an object to the files to use: map files.  They are typically
used to:
   - resolve aliases.  For instance the ISO-8859-1 encoding is also
     called ISO Latin 1, or Latin 1 for short.  The 'encoding.map' file
     will map these three names to the same Encoding Description File.

   - cope with broken files systems.  For instance,
     the-one-you-know-I-don't-need-to-name cannot handle files named
     'Courier-BoldOblique.afm': it is the same as 'Courier-Bold.afm'.
     The 'fonts.map' file is here to associate a font file name to a
     font name.

   The syntax of these files is:
   - any empty line, or any line starting by a '#' is a comment.

   - a line with the format
          ***              PATH

     requests that the file designated by PATH be included at this
     point.

   - any other line has the format

          KEY               VALUE

     meaning that when looking for KEY (e.g., name of a font, an
     encoding etc.), a2ps should use VALUE (e.g., font file name,
     encoding description file name etc.).

   The map files used in a2ps are:
'encoding.map'
     Resolving encodings aliases.

'fonts.map'
     Mapping font names to font file names.

'sheets.map'
     Rules to decide what style sheet to use.