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DOCUMENTATION FOR:
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