sklein@cdp.UUCP (11/15/88)
I'm having trouble printing ASCII messages like those in this conference.
Whenever these messages contain Ctrl-I characters (TABs), the text is
*not* tabbed on my printer. For example, something might look like this
on the screen: Column 1 Column 2
but print like this: Column1Column2
The problem seems to have two sources. The Super Serial Card uses Ctrl-I
as it's control character, and the ImageWriter II doesn't have any
pre-set tabs. So I wrote this simple AppleSloth program, hoping it would
fix both problems and make TAB characters print correctly.
Why doesn't it work?
10 D$ = CHR$ (4): REM D$ = Ctrl-D
20 PRINT D$"PR#1": REM Direct output to printer
30 PRINT CHR$ (9); CHR$ (23): REM Set SSC control
character to Ctrl-W
50 PRINT CHR$(27) CHR$(40),5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50, CHR$(46)
60 REM Line 50 sets tabs to every 5 columns
70 PRINT "a" CHR$(9) "b" CHR$(9) "c" CHR$(9) "d"
80 REM Line 70 prints the letters A-D in columns 1, 5, 10 & 15
90 PRINT D$"PR#0": REM Direct output to monitor
99 END
I'm at wits end. I've tried everything I can think of, but it prints out
using AppleSoft 16-column tabs, no matter what I try.
H E L P !!!!
-Shabtai Klein
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\___________________________________________________________________/SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (11/27/88)
>I'm having trouble printing ASCII messages like those in this conference. >Whenever these messages contain Ctrl-I characters (TABs), the text is >*not* tabbed on my printer. For example, something might look like this >on the screen: Column 1 Column 2 >but print like this: Column1Column2 > >pre-set tabs. So I wrote this simple AppleSloth program, hoping it would >fix both problems and make TAB characters print correctly. > >Why doesn't it work? > >10 D$ = CHR$ (4): REM D$ = Ctrl-D >20 PRINT D$"PR#1": REM Direct output to printer >30 PRINT CHR$ (9); CHR$ (23): REM Set SSC control character to ^N >50 PRINT CHR$(27) CHR$(40),5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50, CHR$(46) >60 REM Line 50 sets tabs to every 5 columns >70 PRINT "a" CHR$(9) "b" CHR$(9) "c" CHR$(9) "d" >80 REM Line 70 prints the letters A-D in columns 1, 5, 10 & 15 I think the use of spaces instead of semicolons in line 70 may be the problem. Try: 70 PRINT "a";CHR$(9);"b";CHR$(9);"c";CHR$(9);"d" BTW: Somewhere (perhaps on the Internet, but possibly on BITNet) the file backlog grew so large that a number of files were rolled off on tape and not restored until today (11/26). This message (and a number of others I've received from info-apple today) was sent on 11/14 (along with others sent on 11/15 and 11/16). [The Far Side shall return (I hope)] Murph Sewall Sewall@UCONNVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {rutgers psuvax1 ucbvax & in Europe - mcvax} !UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] -+- My employer isn't responsible for my mistakes AND vice-versa! (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) "Close enough for government work" - source unknown (naturally ;-)