Hello.


The task :
Using multiple commands like :

Code:

gdisk -l $SOME_DISK >> $SOME_FILE

I generate some text file.
For readiness I must insert page break.
When the program is finished I want to convert the final text file to a pdf file.
When finished, I got two files : One text file and One pdf file.
When printing both, you cannot differentiate them.


What I have done :
I build a single groff base file by copying data :
First I initialize the base document with :

Code:

#echo ".nf" > "$BASE_FILE"
echo ".sp 1" >> "$BASE_FILE"
echo "PROGRAM : $MY_PROG" >> "$BASE_FILE"
echo ".sp 1" >> "$BASE_FILE"

Then I fill the base file with the result of :

Code:

 while true ; do
echo "$SOME_TEXT_AS_TITLE" >> "$BASE_FILE"

gdisk -l $SOME_DISK >> $BASE_FILE

if [[ "$FLAG_SET_PAGE_BREAK" == "true" ]] ; then
echo ".bp" >> "$BASE_FILE"
fi

if [[ "$IS_FINISHED" == "true" ]] ; then
break

fi

done
echo ".ex" >> "$BASE_FILE"

Then I build the pdf file like this :

Code:

ENSCRIPT="--no-header --font=$CUR_FONT  --word-wrap"
export ENSCRIPT
/usr/bin/enscript -p"$TEMP_FILE"  "$BASE_FILE" 

/usr/bin/ps2pdf  "$TEMP_FILE"  "$FILE_OUT_PDF"

Problem N°1
The page break is always at line 67.
I tried to change page length with :

Code:

.pl 29.0c

With different value but the page break arise always at the same place.
So How to change the page break.


Problem N°2
I want to use different fonts type and size.
This will certainly affect the presentation of the document.
How to fix the problem of page breaks.


Problem N°3
How to set page length by lines/per page ?


Problem N°4
With enscript you can explicitly set page format, font, .....

--lines-per-page= ?

--margins=?:?:?:?

--font=?

--media=?

This may contradict the presentation of the document generated by groff.


Problem N°5
I have look after hundreds of web page and I have not found a good tutorial to help me is that task that should be simple.


Any help is welcome.