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- PRTFILE COM 14136 11-12-87 10:34a
- PRTF COM 14118 11-12-87 10:34a
- PRTF PAS 10578 11-12-87 10:33a
- PRTFILE PAS 9950 11-12-87 10:30a
-
- These programs print text files on your printer. They are
- better than PRINT or COPY <filename> PRN: because they
-
- - Break the text file into pages, with a page number and the
- system date and time at the top of each page.
-
- - Let you start and stop at a particular page.
-
- - Let you print a descriptive header or title on each page.
-
- - Eject to a new page when they encounter a formfeed character
- (chr(12) or Ctrl-L) in the text.
-
- - Can print single, double, triple, etc. spaced.
-
- - Can indent the left margin.
-
- Running them is pretty self-explanatory. PRTFILE makes you
- enter a file name after you start the program. When it is done
- printing it asks you for another file name. Enter a null file
- name or type Ctrl-C to quit. PRTF reads the file names from the
- command line, so you can do PRTF <file1> <file2> <file3>, etc.
- If you don't enter any file names on the command line, PRTF asks
- you for one.
-
- You can enter a descriptive title for each file in PRTFILE
- but not in PRTF. The title line automatically includes the
- system date and time. You can run PRTF from a batch file; it
- quits when it has printed all its files.
-
- Use these programs with plain ASCII text -- no formatting
- commands or high bits, please. The only non-printable characters
- they know about are Carriage Return, Line Feed, Tab and Form
- Feed.
-
- Bill Meacham, 1004 Elm Street, Austin, Tx 78703