Re: pretty printer output

Posted in 1994

Topics: Jobs, Consulting & Announcements

Chris Hermansen V — Tue, 29 Nov 1994 05:28:02 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <3845.365.uupcb@digitec.co.za>, 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. > > >In terms of fonts & stuff, I've seen a fairly straightforward filter >written in C which does the following: > Or you could try the really hard-core approach: we have lots of ACE reports that write out input to tbl, the troff table preprocessor. Beautiful reports, easy to do, but wow! the CPU and swap needed for a big report is considerable (using GNU groff). Anybody desperate enough to want to try this feel free to drop me a line. Chris Hermansen Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants Voice: 1 604 733 0731 302 - 958 West 8th Avenue FAX: 1 604 733 0634 Vancouver B.C. CANADA clh@tfic.bc.ca V5Z 1E5 C'est ma facon de parler.