Re: pretty printer output

Billy Wheeler (billy.wheeler@digitec.co.za) wrote: : To: gburnore@netcom.com : GLB> M Ramasubramanian (ramsub@puma.miel.mot.com) wrote: : > (AFTER SOMEONE ELSE WROTE:) : : |> Buy WordPerfect for UNIX. Make pretty output in WP with merge fields. : Etc., etc. : In terms of fonts & stuff, I've seen a fairly straightforward filter : written in C which does the following: : 1. Looks up printer definition in something like a termcap. : 2. Scans through output file or stream and replaces ~.BOLD (etc.) : with relevant code for the specific printer. : Does this make sense? Your printing fancies are now as printer independent : as your "printcap" file. : Yes? : But it's not much less work than any of the other solutions outlined. : Regards, : billy.wheeler@digitec.co.za I'm not sure which part of what I wrote you quoted. I didn't say buy WP. Maybe mine was the etc etc part? Anyway, doing something in C may be fine for some, my method is totally internal to informix and is therefore as portable as the Informix code. No external commands to run, no external files to set up, just your standard 4gl files. -- gburnore@garys.arasmith.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Gary L. Burnore | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Director, Programming & Development | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Myers Information Systems, Inc. | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 ''' 6 9 0 6 9 ''' | Official Proof of Purchase ==========================================================================