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General Purpose PostScript Generating Utility

5.2 Map Files

• 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.