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Article #6187Re: reverse letter?
From: Wolf Paul
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1989 23:34
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1989 23:34
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In article <215400004@s.cs.uiuc.edu> wshi@s.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > > >Could somebody tell me how to print a letter backwards using troff? >I mean, for example, to print letter "R" this way: > > > oooooo > o o > o o > oooooo > o o > o o > o o > o o > That is not a function of troff (or any other text formatter); you either need a font on your output device which contains reversed images, or have a DEVICE function to reverse the image, in which case you could use troff's transparent output function, \!, to send the appropriate control sequence to your device, and then to turn it off again. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!killer!wnp From: wnp@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: reverse letter? Message-ID: <7860@killer.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 15 Apr 89 23:34:47 GMT References: <215400004@s.cs.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: wnp@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx Lines: 26