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From: przemek@rrdstrad.nist.gov (Przemek Klosowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Damn Ctrl-P
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Date: 30 May 91 19:53:06 GMT
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Hello!

I apologize if this is very easy---but how does one prevent Ctrl-P key from
always trying to send something to the printer? I use C-P often under Emacs
editor, and I sometimes instinctively type it in MSDOS when I want
to correct a typo I did. Since some of my computers do not have a printer
attached, it hangs the poor thing. I looked for a program to disable it on
the usual archives, to no avail. Any ideas? I see two avenues: 
	1) disable something in the software
	2) short some pins in the parallel connector, to fool it into believing
	   that printer did print the stuff

I can't believe that there is no simple way to prevent what is equivalent to
prompt system hangup after one keystroke.
		przemek
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			przemek klosowski (przemek@ndcvx.cc.nd.edu)
			Physics Department
			University of Notre Dame IN 46556