Re: Why unicode encoding is not supported?

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On 2023/03/12 22:08:46 -0300, Dedeco Balaco via Announcements and discussio=
n about GNU a2ps wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> I recently discovered the existence of *a2ps*, and now, I am willing to
> give it some tries, and practice what it can do that could be good for me.
>=20
> But it seems that unicode is not supported at all, from what is written
> in the *README* file that comes with the source package, other files in
> it, and (possibly) other details written in the a2ps page in gnu.org
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/> and the project page in Savannah
> <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/a2ps/>.
>=20
> First, there is an issue that only 12 encodings are mentioned in the
> *README *file:
>=20
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 latin1, latin2, latin3, latin4, lat=
in5, latin6,
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ascii,=C2=A0 hp,=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0 mac,=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ibmpc,=C2=A0 pcg,=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 cp1250
>=20
> But some more are mentioned in the file *encoding/encoding.map*. But
> *Unicode*, *UTF-8* and *UTF-16* are not there. But will it work if
> people use the other encondings that are not in this *map* file?
>=20
> And the 12 encodings listed mean that *a2ps* cannot work with input
> files that use characters not present in them?
>=20
> A comment just for Reuben: it is noticeable all the details you added in
> the message sent to GNU mailing list. I would not look around to test
> this project today, but I read the "new details" in the email, and they
> broke my idea.

I'd like to mention `paps` which can UTF-8 text convert to PS by using
pango.

Werner

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