Bug#931226: text2pdf usage not its usage

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson jidanni at jidanni.org
Fri Jun 28 14:50:53 BST 2019


X-Debbugs-Cc: mcollins at fcnetwork.com
Package: libpdf-api2-perl
Version: 2.033-1
File: /usr/share/doc/libpdf-api2-perl/examples/text2pdf.pl.gz

text2pdf starts asking for an --in=<filename> in contrast to its Usage.

The usage is wrong. Nobody knows how to use the program.

$ echo abc > file.txt
$ ./text2pdf.pl
Usage:
txt2pdf <options> <textfilename>
$ ./text2pdf.pl file.txt
Please specify a file name or glob with --in=<filename>
$ ./text2pdf.pl --help

MC's Text to PDF converter (very cheesy, but useful nonetheless)

Usage:
txt2pdf [options] <source file name>

Options:

  --lpp=##    specify number of lines per page
              Note: portrait/landscape, margins and font size all affect the
              placement of text on a page.  You may need to experiment

  --left=##   specify left margin in points. 72 points = 1 inch

  --top=##    specify top margin in points. 36 points = .5 inch

  -h, --help  This help page

  --size=##   Set font size; default is 7.25

  --spacing=# Set the spacing between lines; default is 8

  -b, -B      Set bold type to on; default is not bold

  -l, -L      Set doc to landscape; default is portrait


  Special thanks to Alfred Reibenschuh for such a cool Perl module!
  Also, many thanks to the PDF::API2 community for such great ideas.



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