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In article <1992Oct4.213425.3041@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
>How does one print an article from trn?  Where do you set the print
>string?

| lpr

--Dave
-- 
System Administrator, Population Research Institute    barr@pop.psu.edu

In article <_4x1Hg08&9@atlantis.psu.edu> barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
>In article <1992Oct4.213425.3041@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
>>How does one print an article from trn?  Where do you set the print
>>string?
>
>| lpr

This won't work on Netcom, since our users dial in from home/work, and
don't have access to our printers.

Attached is a little C program I use to print to my local printer.
Basically, it isues a VT100 printer-on escape sequence, sends the data, then
isues a VT100 printer-off escape squence.  Make sure your terminal
emulator supports this.

I call it "lprint", so from trn, I can type "| lprint", and the article will
be printed to my printer.

#include <stdio.h>

main ()
	{
	int in;

/* turn on printer */
	putchar (27);
	putchar ('[');
	putchar ('5');
	putchar ('i');
	while ((in = getc (stdin)) >= 0)
		{
		putchar (in);
		}
	putchar (27);
	putchar ('[');
	putchar ('4');
	putchar ('i');
	}
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    Robert Hood             hoodr@netcom.com             (408) 554-UNIX
  System/Network Administrator for Netcom On-line Communications Services

barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:

>In article <1992Oct4.213425.3041@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
>>How does one print an article from trn?  Where do you set the print
>>string?

>| lpr

So far so good.  But your solution leads me to my next question: how do I configure
trn so that it uses csh instead of sh as the environment in which to
execute the piped command?

Thanks!

In article <1992Oct5.234128.17631@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
>barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Oct4.213425.3041@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
>>>How does one print an article from trn?  Where do you set the print
>>>string?
>
>>| lpr
>
>So far so good.  But your solution leads me to my next question: how do I configure
>trn so that it uses csh instead of sh as the environment in which to
>execute the piped command?

did you try:

setenv SHELL /bin/csh

?  (This is all rather clearly documented in the man page)

Why do you need csh in this case, anyway?

--Dave
-- 
System Administrator, Population Research Institute    barr@pop.psu.edu
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  color, phosphoric acid, caffeine, citric acid and natural flavorings.

barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:

>In article <1992Oct5.234128.17631@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
>>barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
>>
>>>In article <1992Oct4.213425.3041@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
>>>>How does one print an article from trn?  Where do you set the print
>>>>string?
>>
>>>| lpr
>>
>>So far so good.  But your solution leads me to my next question: how do I configure
>>trn so that it uses csh instead of sh as the environment in which to
>>execute the piped command?

>did you try:

>setenv SHELL /bin/csh

>?  (This is all rather clearly documented in the man page)

Yes, I execute setenv SHELL /bin/csh from my .cshrc, but it doesn't take
hold. trn is still using /bin/sh.


>Why do you need csh in this case, anyway?

Because I have an alias that prints to a postscript printer like this:
	(cat .ps-prefix; cat ) | print -h -PNEC

For misc. reasons, I would rather have that as an alias than a script.

Thanks,
Will