macduff@cbnewse.att.com (Roger R. Espinosa) (05/14/91)
Greetings. Various questions that are on my mind, that I thought I'd ask all of you. 1. vi Is there a PD port of vi (elvis, stevie, et al) available, *besides* the David Pilling port? I'm aware of that one, did start my own (but haven't had time to iron out the odd bugs), but I just want to see if there's an easier path to acquiring one (besides getting a UK cheque, or hacking at elvis code). 2. DeskJet's For good quality output, the dot matrix is slow as sin. DeskJets can be had fairly inexpensively around here, but my concern lies with the printer driver. While Beebug does sell one (in the form of the LaserJet driver), I don't know whether this driver works like PrinterPS - does it use the RISC OS fonts, or is it doing a mapping (like PrinterPS), which would change the usability of the DeskJet quite a lot. Any answers, opinions, etc will be appreciated. Thanks! Roger rre@ihlpm.ATT.COM
ajdh@stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew J D Hurley) (05/14/91)
In the referenced article macduff@cbnewse.att.com (Roger R. Espinosa) writes: >For good quality output, the dot matrix is slow as sin. DeskJets >can be had fairly inexpensively around here, but my concern lies >with the printer driver. While Beebug does sell one (in the form >of the LaserJet driver), I don't know whether this driver works like >PrinterPS - does it use the RISC OS fonts, or is it doing a mapping >(like PrinterPS), which would change the usability of the DeskJet >quite a lot. Beebugs LaserJet driver (as supplied with Ovation) works just like PrinterDM, in other words RiscOs fonts _are_ used. I use this with a QuietJet+ which I got cheap, however, on this printer the pixel resolution is not what the driver thinks it is so pages don't come out the right size. I don't know, but I expect the same applies to DeskJets. It would seem that 150dpi mode on my QuietJet gives about 210dpi in real life therefore makeing pages too small unless I compensate by drawing them bigger - this is not satisfactory as I also use a Citizen Swif24 which prints at the right size. Does anyone know of a way to fix this? I've played around with parameters in the config files but with no success. -- Andrew J D Hurley, ( ajdh@stl.stc.co.uk ) Mail route: uunet!ukc!stl!ajdh | Phone: +44 279 429531 x. 2535 STC Technology Ltd., London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK.
goodwin@oyez.enet.dec.com (Pete Goodwin) (05/14/91)
In article <1991May13.215823.28893@cbnewse.att.com>, macduff@cbnewse.att.com (Roger R. Espinosa) writes... >2. DeskJet's > >For good quality output, the dot matrix is slow as sin. DeskJets >can be had fairly inexpensively around here, but my concern lies >with the printer driver. While Beebug does sell one (in the form >of the LaserJet driver), I don't know whether this driver works like >PrinterPS - does it use the RISC OS fonts, or is it doing a mapping >(like PrinterPS), which would change the usability of the DeskJet >quite a lot. > >Any answers, opinions, etc will be appreciated. > >Thanks! >Roger >rre@ihlpm.ATT.COM The DeskJet and LaserJet don't use postscript, they use a bit-mapped graphics style format, or plain ASCII with escapes. I use a DeskJet+ with the !PrinterLJ - it prints everything, although very slowly if I use fonts or graphics. For plain text, it throws the pages out. Pete.
osmith@acorn.co.uk (Owen Smith) (05/15/91)
In article <4427@stl.stc.co.uk> ajdh@stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew J D Hurley) writes: >It would seem that 150dpi mode on my QuietJet gives >about 210dpi in real life therefore makeing pages too small unless I >compensate by drawing them bigger - this is not satisfactory as I also >use a Citizen Swif24 which prints at the right size. If you use Acorn's !PrinterLJ (release 1 or release 2) you can modify the PrData file inside the application directory to add a 210 dpi entry. Best way to do it is to block copy an existing entry and then change the resolutions. Note that if you are using release 2, it is best to edit the PrDataSrc file and then run the PrSquasher program to generate a new PrData file. Owen. The views expressed are my own and are not necessarily those of Acorn.
hughesmp@vax1.tcd.ie (05/16/91)
In <1991May13.215823.28893@cbnewse.att.com> macduff@cbnewse.att.com (Roger R. Espinosa) writes: >1. vi >Is there a PD port of vi (elvis, stevie, et al) available, >*besides* the David Pilling port? I'm aware of that one, did Was 'Elvis' David Pilling's port? That's the only one I know of... Just looking at it, there are no licenses / names anywhere in it, just 4 documentation files, and the absolute code so I presume it is not his. It doesn't run in a window - strictly monotasking, and isn't a utility, so won't return you to BASIC after you finish using it if you want a quick editor from BASIC, which would be very nice... Also, there are no sources, so no easy way of getting it onto the desktop. I don't even no where it came from - might have been a UK BBS? Merlin --SICK--Through-the-bottom--Out-the-other-side--Beyond-- You suffer... But why?
gilbertd@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (Dave Gilbert) (05/23/91)
I ported Elvis to the Arc using Huw Rogers UNIXLIB - works OK - its a bit touchy about the terminal type sometimes though - even if everything is set up OK - dont know why - its really easy to port anyway. The advantage of using UNIXLIB of course is that all the file names are already converted for you - you can quite happily do - vi blah.c or vi /etc/passwd or whatever. Dave -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Dave Gilbert - gilbertd@p4.cs.man.ac.uk - The MTBF of a piece of equipment - - G7FHJ@GB7NWP - is inversly proportional to its - ------------------------------------------- importance -