From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 17 16:50:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA16375 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 16:50:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cais.cais.com (root@cais.com [199.0.216.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA16366 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 16:50:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [205.252.122.1]) by cais.cais.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA13760; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:50:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [205.252.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA23777; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:50:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:49:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Terry Lambert cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Printing IBM chars In-Reply-To: <199704172256.PAA00665@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I have some text which has been formatted for a IBM printer -- you know, > > with the characters that form line graphics. I want to print it, but I > > want it to print with the lines, not with odd control character > > replacements. Anyone know how I could convert it? If I could display it > > on an X11 screen, I could print a screen dump (yucky looking, but better > > than nothing). Hmm? > > Heh. I think I know the text... Two guesses ... I appreciated the pointer, I am _not_ trying to wear out my welcome (I _very_ much appreciated that!) I get this damn thing printed, somehow ... > > You need to use a PC font for your xterm; I've made a couple in the > past for things like an SCO console and Wyse60 emulating Xterm, but > I haven't played with that stuff in a long time. I'm sure there's > got to be one out there somewhere... > > I've looked through all the default fonts and all the international > add-ons, and I couldn't find one. Try on ftp.x.org in contrib. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------