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From: wytten@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Dale R. Wyttenbach)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: need *simple* way to print ascii files on laserwriter
Message-ID: <1990Feb2.220910.16236@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>
Date: 2 Feb 90 22:09:10 GMT
Sender: wytten@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Dale R. Wyttenbach)
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - CSCI Dept.
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Suppose you want to print the file /etc/hosts on a laserwriter that
is hooked up to your unix box on /dev/ttyh1.

What postscript commands do you put in FILE1 to make the command:

	cat FILE1 /etc/hosts > /dev/ttyh1

spit out /etc/hosts on the printer at 66 lines per page?  I want the
result to look as if you are looking at the file with vi: newlines
in the appropriate places, and tabs expanded to 8 spaces.  I don't
care what you do with other unprintable ascii characters; maybe print
their octal representation.

I'm assuming this can be done with < 10 lines of postscript code,
using a default resident font on the laserwriter.  (I already have
fancy programs like enscript that will do the job better)

Please respond via email.

Thanks

dale


 Dale Wyttenbach		     |		...rutgers!umn-cs!wytten
 wytten@cs.umn.edu		     |		   wytten@umnacvx.bitnet
Computer Science Department Systems Staff--University of Minnesota, Minneapolis