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- From: harper@convex.com (David Harper)
- Subject: Re: Viewer for postscript doc files on NT sdk.
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.185428.17626@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:54:28 GMT
- References: <1324@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu> <727897437snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> <1993Jan24.211233.23040@emr1.emr.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan24.211233.23040@emr1.emr.ca> jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant) writes:
- > some stuff deleted...
- > The only way to print them from File Manager
- > is to have an application that can read PS files associated
- > with them. I am forced to jump out to DOS and do:
- > c:\copy xxx.ps lpt1
- > which seems kind of silly when Windows is supposed to be
- > all-wonderful and all-powerful.
- >
- > On a similar note, if *.BAT files are pre-associated as
- > 'executable' files, then how can I print a *.BAT file
- > from File Manager by clicking in it. Obviously I will
- > have to manually fire up notepad on it. File Manager
- > needs a way to print a file just be selecting it (it would
- > have to assume you know what you are doing and that the
- > file is already in appropriate print-ready format for
- > the printer).
-
- Either the latest issue of PC Magazine or the previous issue had an article
- in User to User which described how to implement "drag & drop" in the file
- manager. The main purpose was to be able to view documentation of the form
- "readme" or "read.me" or "docs.man". You'd go crazy trying to associate all
- of these with notepad or another reader. Now I can just click on a file of
- interest and drag it over to one of three viewers I have permanently visable
- in file manager (notepad, write & microemacs) and drop it on top. Moments
- later the selected app appears showing the file. I don't know if the print
- manager will allow you to do this or not, but it's worth a try.
-
- Dave
-
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