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Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• mpage

Projektgeschichte

The official source README credits Mark P. Hahn for the original 1988 copyright and Marcel J. E. Mol for 1994-2004 maintenance. The MESA-hosted directory distributes release tarballs including 2.5.5, 2.5.7, and 2.5.8, plus short release metadata files.

Adoptionsgeschichte

mpage belongs to the classic Unix print-filter toolchain: it is useful in scripts and pipelines where a print dialog's n-up option is not available or where PostScript output must be transformed before printing.

Wie es verwendet wird

The official README says a basic build is usually just make, while noting that maintainers may adjust Makefile defaults such as PAGESIZE. Example uses include printing source files, 8-up output, and piping formatted man-page output through mpage.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package nerds care about mpage because it preserves a small, scriptable PostScript-era workflow: text in, compact printable output out, with no desktop printing stack required.

Zeitleiste

• 1988: Original copyright credited to Mark P. Hahn.
• 1994: Marcel J. E. Mol maintenance period begins, according to the official README copyright notice.
• 2017: MESA directory publishes mpage 2.5.7.
• 2023: MESA directory publishes mpage 2.5.8.

Quellen

• https://mesa.nl/pub/mpage/
• https://mesa.nl/pub/mpage/README
• https://mesa.nl/pub/mpage/mpage-2.5.7.tgz
• source_facts.description
• source_facts.homepage