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- «MDUL»«MDNM»ASPRN
- Command
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- Robert L. Hummel 1988 No. 4 (Utilities)
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- Purpose: Substitutes up to 26 user-selected control sequences
- in the output to a printer for simple macro-designating keystrokes
- entered in the text.
-
- Format: ASPRN [ /U | [/S] [/Mx | /Cnnn] ]
-
- Remarks: ASPRN is a terminate-stay-resident (TSR) macro
- processor and editor that intercepts characters on their way to the
- printer. When it detects a macro designating key combination--the
- default is a tilde (~) followed by a letter--it substitutes the user
- -designated printer control codes.
-
- Example: The H-P LaserJet series II requires the Escape
- sequence ^[&l0O^[(10U^[(s1p10v0s0b15T to cause it to print in portrait
- mode using this downloaded font. Many word processors cannot send the
- actual ASCII ESC character (027d, or 1Bh, designated ^[ above), or
- could not send the required sequence in the middle of a line of text.
- They could, however, send ~A, to which the user could assign the
- sequence, and ASPRN would make the substitution.
-
- To make or change macro assignments, enter ASPRN /S. Both an
- optional descriptive name and the codes that constitute the macro
- itself can be entered and edited on the screen, which automatically
- adjusts to any video mode that has a screen width greater than 10
- characters. The bottom line of the screen indicates the use of the
- various editing keys. The ASCII ESC character is entered by hitting
- the Esc key; it appears on screen as a left-pointing arrow. Pressing
- F7 allows saving all macros and descriptive names entered under the
- name ASPRNNEW.com, which may either be loaded as such or renamed.
-
- The default macro identifier (the tilde) may be changed by
- invoking ASPRN with either the /Mx or the /Cnnn switch. The x is any
- printable ASCII character, e.g. the # or & symbol. The /Cnnn switch
- is used if a non-printing character is to be used for the macro
- identifier. To use the the backspace character (ASCII 008) instead of
- the tilde, for example, you would enter ASPRN /C008. To make the
- macro identifier change permanent, use both the /S and the /M (or /C)
- options.
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- Subject to the usual TSR deinstallation limitations, ASPRN may
- be uninstalled from memory by invoking it with the /U switch on the
- command line. It should be loaded after any print spoolers or any
- redirection made using the MODE command.
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