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From: curzon@kaoa01.dec.com (Richard Curzon KAO4-3/7A DTN 621-2196)
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Subject: LittleLister/save paper & time
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Date: Sun, 25-Oct-87 16:27:26 EST
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This is a little program I have found useful for printing out text, 
especially Action! source listings, and saving time & paper.  It may be
useful for other text printing jobs too, e.g. sources that are saved to
disk in ATASCII text form.  Check the LL.DOC file included below for a 
quick rundown.

PRINTER OUTPUT OPTION

Littlelister composes columnar output in memory.  It can be used with 
any printer, to print any size of input file.  I wrote it for my 1027,
but it works even better with my new NX-10 printer.  For maximum speed
printing, it can be set to represent "unprintable" bytes with
combinations of printable ones; full graphics ATASCII printing is also
possible using G: (see below).

THE CODE

The UUencoded binary file follows in a separate message.  If it doesn't
make it through some gateway in its travels, I will mail a copy direct
on request.  For least frustration, use the YAU UUdecoder to decode it.
It seems some of the other decoders might require extra padding 
on each line; I used YAUE to encode it.  Action! sources also available
on request, due to length I haven't posted them... yet)

(Thanks to JRD: YAU and YAUE are very nice tools; they work fine with
SpartaDOS in both command line and prompt modes.) 
(Thanks also to Bruce Langdon, for the ideas in his PRINT.ACT program
posted to Usenet some time ago)

-----------------------LL.DOC------------------------------------- 

LittleLister 2 features: 
------------------------
INPUT: file formatted in a single
    column, or unformatted.

OUTPUT: formatted in n columns, 
    [ 0 < n < 256 ] with
    several options.

Use with any DOS:
-----------------
   With a command line DOS such as
SpartaDOS or DOS XL, type

      LL [input [output]]

   Used with this command line, LL 
starts without presenting a menu; the 
variable settings last SAVED will be
in effect.  File specifications may  
be used for input/output, and the
"D:" prefix is assumed by default.
Output defaults to "P:" (printer).  
"LL" alone will bring up the menu.

   With other DOS's, just load LL
like any other binary file, and work
from the menu.

Variables include:
------------------
*input file
*output device        (default = P:)
*starting page number (default = 1)
 page pause
 output options 
   ASCII
    (^ prefixes control characters;
     @ prefixes inverse characters;
     few special chars output in hex)
   HEX
    (all bytes represented in HEX -
     e.g. $FF)   
   ATASCII
    (no transformation of bytes from
     input file)  
 output width
 output page length
 number of columns
 column width
 margin between columns
 filler lines at top and bottom

* - not included in variables SAVED
    by menu choice 'S'

Other features:
---------------
-you can save special configurations
   of LL.COM, by using 'S' option
   and copying to a different *.COM
   filename 
-outputs page header with filename,
   and page number (if you select
   at least 4 filler lines before
   the first text line)
-allows any single column file to be
   produced in multiple columns:
   program listings, database output,
   utility output, etc.
-chops off blanks at the end of each
   text line (useful for trimming
   Action! source code)
-produces output to any device (but
   page pause is disabled when output
   is to disk file)
-try ATASCII output to G: device,
   the graphics printer utility for
   Epson/Star & compatibles released
   by Analog in October 1985 issue -
   very nice ATASCII output.
-Action! programmers may output HEX
   to disk to transform binary files
   (character sets, code blocks) to
   blocks for the Action! compiler.

Version 2 notes:
----------------
- added HEX output
- compiled high enough to allow use
  of the G: device by CF Johnson, for
  pretty graphic ATASCII output.