foote@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Foote) (03/07/89)
Hi. I'm using the new version of zcomm (just downloaded from
simtel), and I have a question about printing. I'd like to turn
the printer on, that is, issue a command that causes all
_subsequent_ text from the remote to be sent to the printer (like
with Crosstalk's "PR ON" command).
I've tried the "t -l" command, but that insists on dumping everything
in the (~6K) circular buffer to the printer. I discovered that I
can clear out the circular buffer (I used PgUp k), but this is a
kludge, and I can't figure out how to bind this to a single function
key (so that f9 turns on the printer, and f10 turns it off for
example). It seems like there should be one nice, clean command
to do this that doesn't involve monkeying around with the circular
buffer--I thought about link, but that says that it only links
together two serial ports. Any ideas?
BTW, I've already RTFM, but it's not very clear about this.
Please _mail_ replies, I will forward responses to anyone who
asks, or post if there are enough such requests.
Thanks,
Bill Foote
foote@ernie.berkeley.edu{.uucp},
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