dan@rna.UUCP (01/12/85)
> 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? All notesfiles systems I've seen (except for the oldest) include a command to pipe the current note to a program. On some, it is '|', on others you use the save command, 's', followed by a shell command line beginning with '|'. In any case, its an easy hack. Just do a popen() when you see a '|' in response to the save command. Then pipe the note to lpr or whatever... Dan
ron@trsvax.UUCP (01/21/85)
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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... cu-arpa.trsvax!ron@Cornell.ARPAmark@uoregon.UUCP (mark) (01/23/85)
What about '|' and '^' (pipe note through command). That's how I get a hard copy of a single note. mark
rpw3@redwood.UUCP (Rob Warnock) (01/26/85)
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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I usually say '|lpr' to print out a note. I have never used nfprint. If
you want page numbers just pipe the note through 'print' instead of 'lpr'.
Dave
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