lpr for notes

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2 total messages Started by ron Mon, 21 Jan 1985 19:46

#209

Author: ron
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 1985 19:46

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Ray, something I'd like to see added to notes is the ability to print a
note (or response) directly to the line printer (via lpr command).  Presently
one has to either use nfprint, or save the note out to a file, then print
it manually.  It would be nice if there were:
	l    lpr the present note/response
	L    lpr the base note and all responses

Any chance of that being added some time in the future?


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Re: lpr for notes

#210

Author: Rob Warnock
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 1985 12:06

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Back at Fortune Systems, someone (Mark Stein?) had hacked in a simple
straightforward solution to your "lpr" request: If the "filename" of
a "save" starts with a "|", the save is piped to the following command.
So, "s |lpr" prints it, "s|print -h foobar" runs it through "pr" first
and puts a title "foobar" on it, etc. (Berkeley "print" :== "pr !* | lpr")

I don't know how much code is involved, but it's basically a "popen()"
instead of an "fopen()". (Remember to skip over the "|".)


Rob Warnock
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