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Article #7195Re: Printing selected text from OpenWindows ?
From: Ivan S Leung
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1991 12:32
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1991 12:32
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In article <1975@brchh104.bnr.ca> JOEY%UTCVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Joey Maxie) writes: >Can anyone tell me how to print selected text from a window in OpenWindows >? In sunview you could select the text from a window that you wanted and >through the print services option print the selected text. With >OpenWindows I can not find this capability, the closet I have come to is >taking a snapshot and this takes entirely to long and is to cumbersome. > >If it matters we are running SunOS 4.1.1 with OpenWindows Ver. 2 . Thanks >in advance for any assistance. A not so elegant solution: Use the mouse to highlight the text you want to print. Hit the COPY key. Go to a shelltool and type lpr. Hit the PASTE key. Hit ctrl-D RETURN. Ivan Leung INTERNET: ileung@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu Facsimile Marketing, Inc. VOICE: 203-323-4400 3 Landmark Square, Suite 403 FAX: 203-323-4368
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brtph3!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: sbcs!ileung@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Ivan S Leung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Printing selected text from OpenWindows ? Keywords: Windows Message-ID: <2124@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 24 Mar 91 12:32:00 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 20 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Original-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 91 19:45:59 GMT X-Refs: Original: v10n44 X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 62, message 11 X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu