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Re: CVS commit: basesrc



In Message <18153.944624880%eterna.com.au@localhost> ,
   matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:

=>   
=>   =>- add a -f flag to lpf to add missing carriage returns.
=>   =>
=>   =>useful when printing UNIX files to an, eg, LaserWriter that wants CR's
=>   =>as well as LF's in raw text.  stair-stepped text is no fun.
=>   
=>      Shouldn't this be a printcap option? If you have more than one
=>   printer you might want to LF-ify some but not others. For example,
=>   a PCL printer might get a bit upset.
=>
=>erm, this is an option to the "lpf" program, a standalone filter supplied
=>with the lpr suite, not an option to lpd itself.  ie, one must setup a
=>filter in printcap using lpf to get at this functionality.

   Ah. Thought that was a typo. Makes much more sense now.

                                        Gary D. Duzan





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