AWK - Printing in Unix

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Printing in Unix

narsman

2005-02-17, 3:57 am

Is there a way to print in "Landscape" format in Unix? I don't know if you
need this info but here it is anyway:
/home/narsman% uname -a
OSF1 V4.0 1530 alpha

Thanks,
Narsman

Aharon Robbins

2005-02-17, 8:57 am

In article < 2f2e22c8b743cb02ee30de2b946e9ab6@localho
st.talkaboutprogramming.com>,
narsman <narciso@compsus.com> wrote:
>Is there a way to print in "Landscape" format in Unix? I don't know if you
>need this info but here it is anyway:
>/home/narsman% uname -a
>OSF1 V4.0 1530 alpha
>
>Thanks,
>Narsman

No, it can't be done. You need an ASR-33 Teletype directly wired
via serial cable to one of the RS-232 serial ports of your PDP-11.
You may then use the "cat" command to print the file on the terminal.
Make sure you have a fresh roll of paper and a fresh ribbon in it.

Arnold
--
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Ed Morton

2005-02-17, 3:59 pm

Aharon Robbins wrote:

> In article < 2f2e22c8b743cb02ee30de2b946e9ab6@localho
st.talkaboutprogramming.com>,
> narsman <narciso@compsus.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> No, it can't be done. You need an ASR-33 Teletype directly wired
> via serial cable to one of the RS-232 serial ports of your PDP-11.
> You may then use the "cat" command to print the file on the terminal.
> Make sure you have a fresh roll of paper and a fresh ribbon in it.
>
> Arnold

For the OP - Arnold is subtly suggesting you mave have posted to the
wrong NG to get the best answer to this question. Much as we'd all love
to know what made you think comp.lang.awk was the right place for this
question, you'd probably be better off posting to comp.unix.questions.

Ed.

narsman

2005-02-18, 8:55 pm

Hi All,
I found out an easier way by specifying
-Olandscape option.

lpr -Olandscape file.txt.

Thanks for the all the input.

Narsman

Kenny McCormack

2005-02-18, 8:55 pm

In article < c4ca0ecd423e0f9f55f282433060517f@localho
st.talkaboutprogramming.com>,
narsman <narciso@compsus.com> wrote:
>Hi All,
>I found out an easier way by specifying
>-Olandscape option.
>
>lpr -Olandscape file.txt.
>
>Thanks for the all the input.

I suppose you can do it that way, but I like Arnold's method better.

Aharon Robbins

2005-02-20, 8:55 am

In article <Pine.A41.4.58.0502171229110.92562@gnu.uvm.edu>,
Aaron S. Hawley <Aaron.Hawley@uvm.edu> wrote:
>While the "troll light" is on and after the discussion on "reporting GNU
>awk bugs" from earlier this month, seems fitting to bring back the
>question "What's the deal with an Awk web site?":
>
> - Seems like the domain awklang.org is held by a kindred spirit.

Said kindred spirit thought he'd have time to do the kinds of things
you outline, but finally realized he wouldn't. He even posted a "call
for webmaster" and got a number of replies, which have languished in
his inbox for well over a year, rather

ly (and rudely, to those who
replied) undealt with.

If "someone" or even some two people will volunteer to spearhead this
effort, the kindred spirit will make arrangements for an account on
the machine hosting awklang.org for the new webmaster(s) and to give them
responsibility for managing that domain's content.

The kindred spirit will be offline until around Tuesday, but will deal
with emails then.

Thanks,
--
Aharon (Arnold) Robbins --- Pioneer Consulting Ltd. arnold AT skeeve DOT com
P.O. Box 354 Home Phone: +972 8 979-0381 Fax: +1 206 350 8765
Nof Ayalon Cell Phone: +972 50 729-7545
D.N. Shimshon 99785 ISRAEL

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