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author | trevor <trevor@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-04-11 01:11:02 +0800 |
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committer | trevor <trevor@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-04-11 01:11:02 +0800 |
commit | 70d560530d177b6e890f86e3a32cca2f456a7520 (patch) | |
tree | a550a657a6948dd20d5bed1d239b7d33be9a3733 /print/pclprint | |
parent | e3652acbdf905f62f517c4977faa9c4b751b404e (diff) | |
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diff --git a/print/pclprint/pkg-descr b/print/pclprint/pkg-descr index 73965a96d4ed..d05b6209ceef 100644 --- a/print/pclprint/pkg-descr +++ b/print/pclprint/pkg-descr @@ -1,33 +1,21 @@ -This set of scripts addresses the need to get a non-postscript printer -working quickly, so that documentation files and manual pages can be -printed. The scripts work for printers using or compatible with PCL -(Hewlett-Packard's Printer Command Language). A few printers (the -Cannon Bubblejet, for example) use neither PCL nor postscript. - -Some relatively simple scripts for printing a document (qp and qp.awk) -are provided, as well as qpm for printing manual pages. Basically these -short scripts convert unix line endings to ones PCL printers understand -and select a font to use. - -Two more complex awk scripts--pcl.awk and pagin.awk--understand PCL -printer codes when encountered in a file, and thus it is possible, -when using these scripts, to change fonts, apply bold, underline, or -italic to a word or group of words, do footnotes, preserve a table, -and number pages in a default font. The scripts automatically adjust -for the font and size of type both horizontally (knowing how many -letters to print on a line) and vertically (line spacing). Using -pagin.awk it is also possible to double space, for example. - -Files with printer codes are provided to make it easier to put printer -codes into documents. It is awkward neverthless, but it does what it -does in something like 32k of space instead of the multi-megabyte files -of more elaborate programs, such as the excellent apsfilter, which -enables the printer to emulate postscript. As WordPerfect becomes more -available for Unix platforms and maintains its interoperability with -Windows versions, it should become better and easier to use, as should -other components of its office suit and that of others. - - In the mean time pclprint is free, takes little space, and does -a reasonably good job for many tasks. + These scripts address the need to get a non-postscript printer working +quickly so documentation files and manual pages can be printed. The scripts +work for printers using or compatible with PCL (Hewlett-Packard's Printer +Command Language). A few printers (the Canon Bubblejet, for example) use +neither PCL nor postscript. + Simple scripts for printing a document (qp and qp.awk) are provided, as +well as qpm for printing manual pages. These scripts convert unix line endings +to ones PCL printers understand and select a font to use. + Two more complex awk scripts--pcl.awk and pagin.awk--understand PCL +printer codes when encountered in a file, and thus it is possible, when using +these scripts, to change fonts, apply bold, underline, or italic to a word or +group of words, do footnotes, preserve a table, and number pages in a default +font. The scripts adjust for the font and size of type horizontally (how many +letters to print on a line) and vertically (line spacing). Using pagin.awk it +is also possible to double space, for example. + Files with printer codes are provided to make it easier to put printer +codes into documents. It is still awkward, but it needs only about 32k of +space instead of the multi-megabyte files of more elaborate programs, such as +the excellent apsfilter, which enables the printer to emulate postscript. -- Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.Stanford.EDU> |