Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:10:06 -0700 From: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@tenzo.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Subject: Re: Printer madness... Message-ID: <01041611100601.17291@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net> In-Reply-To: <20010416121227.A10002@netmonger.net> References: <000001c0c573$9bc40680$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <01041516133803.00452@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net> <20010416121227.A10002@netmonger.net>
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--------------Boundary-00=_U4DW1I0B6T8MVOBCGQF3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Monday 16 April 2001 09:12, Christopher Masto wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 04:13:38PM -0700, Michael O'Henly wrote: > > So after, say, eight hours of accumulated effort I started writing > > another plea for assistance to the list and began by inserting > > /etc/printcap into kmail. Lo and behold, at the end of the last line > > there were a bunch of garbage characters that were not visible in xemacs! > > I opened the file in vi (where the garbage chars were also not visible), > > deleted and reentered the last line -- and now it works perfectly. > > > > I'd hate to say that the moral of this story is not to trust xemacs. If > > you can't trust xemacs, what hope is there for humanity...? > > I would love to have a copy of that file. I use XEmacs all the time and > have never seen that behavior - I'd like to know what to watch out for. Hi Christopher... Happy to oblige. This is what it looks like when I insert the file into the kmail editor (File>Insert File...). Notice the garbage char at the very end. lp|hp4050|HP LaserJet 4050:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif:\ :df=/usr/local/libexec/psdf:\ :tf=/usr/local/libexec/pstf:ÿ This what I get when I cut-and-paste from xemacs into kmail. lp|hp4050|HP LaserJet 4050:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif:\ :df=/usr/local/libexec/psdf:\ :tf=/usr/local/libexec/pstf: And attached is the actual file. Note that it starts out with several commented lines that I haven't included above. Hope this is useful. If you reach any conclusions, I'd be interested in hearing them. M. -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design --------------Boundary-00=_U4DW1I0B6T8MVOBCGQF3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="printcap.orig~~" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="printcap.orig~~" IwlAKCMpcHJpbnRjYXAJNS4zIChCZXJrZWxleSkgNi8zMC85MAojICRGcmVlQlNEOiBzcmMvZXRj L3ByaW50Y2FwLHYgMS4xMCAxOTk5LzA4LzI3IDIzOjIzOjQzIHBldGVyIEV4cCAkCiMKIwojIFRo aXMgZW5hYmxlcyBhIHNpbXBsZSBsb2NhbCAicmF3IiBwcmludGVyLCBob29rZWQgdXAgdG8gdGhl IGZpcnN0CiMgcGFyYWxsZWwgcG9ydC4gIE5vIGtpbmQgb2YgZmlsdGVyaW5nIGlzIGRvbmUsIHNv IGV2ZXJ5dGhpbmcgeW91CiMgcGFzcyB0byB0aGUgImxwciIgY29tbWFuZCB3aWxsIGJlIHByaW50 ZWQgdW5tb2RpZmllZC4KIwojIFJlbWVtYmVyLCBmb3IgZnVydGhlciBwcmludCBxdWV1ZXMgeW91 J3JlIGdvaW5nIHRvIGFkZCwgeW91IGhhdmUgdG8KIyBjaG9zZSBkaWZmZXJlbnQgc3Bvb2wgZGly ZWN0b3JpZXMgKHRoZSAic2QiIGNhcGFiaWxpdHkgYmVsb3cpLAojIG90aGVyd2lzZSB5b3Ugd2ls bCBncmVhdGx5IGNvbmZ1c2UgbHBkLgojCiMgRm9yIHNvbWUgYWR2YW5jZWQgcHJpbnRpbmcsIGhh dmUgYSBsb29rIGF0IHRoZSAiYXBzZmlsdGVyIiBwYWNrYWdlLgojIEl0IHBsdWdzIGludG8gdGhl IGxwZCBzeXN0ZW0sIGFsbG93aW5nIHlvdSB0byBwcmludCBhIHZhcmlldHkgb2YKIyBkaWZmZXJl bnQgZmlsZSB0eXBlcyBieSBjb252ZXJ0aW5nIGV2ZXJ5dGhpbmcgdG8gUG9zdFNjcmlwdCh0bSkK IyBmb3JtYXQuICBJZiB5b3UgZG9uJ3QgaGF2ZSBhIFBvc3RTY3JpcHQodG0pIHByaW50ZXIsIGRv bid0IHBhbmljLAojIGJ1dCBkbyBhbHNvIGluc3RhbGwgdGhlICJnaG9zdHNjcmlwdCIgcGFja2Fn ZS4KIwojIERvIGFsc28gcmVmZXIgdG8gc2VjdGlvbiA3IChQcmludGluZykgb2YgdGhlIGhhbmRi b29rLiAgQSBsb2NhbCBjb3B5CiMgY2FuIGJlIGZvdW5kIHVuZGVyIC91c3Ivc2hhcmUvZG9jL2hh bmRib29rL2hhbmRib29rLntodG1sLGxhdGluMX0uCiMKIyBCYW5uZXIgcGFnZXMgYXJlIG5vdyBz dXBwcmVzc2VkIGJ5IGRlZmF1bHQuICBSZW1vdmUgdGhlIDpzaDoKIyBjYXBhYmlsaXR5IHRvIHR1 cm4gdGhlbSBiYWNrIG9uLgojCiNscHxsb2NhbCBsaW5lIHByaW50ZXI6XAojCTpzaDpcCiMJOmxw PS9kZXYvbHB0MDpzZD0vdmFyL3Nwb29sL291dHB1dC9scGQ6bGY9L3Zhci9sb2cvbHBkLWVycnM6 CiMKIyBTYW1wbGUgcmVtb3RlIHByaW50ZXIuICBUaGUgcGh5c2ljYWwgcHJpbnRlciBpcyBvbiBt YWNoaW5lICJscGhvc3QiLgojIE5COiB5b3UgY2Fubm90IHBlcmZvcm0gYW55IGtpbmQgb2YgbG9j YWwgZmlsdGVyaW5nIGRpcmVjdGx5LiAgSWYKIyB5b3UgbmVlZCBsb2NhbCBmaWx0ZXJzIChlLmcu IExGIC0+IENSLUxGIGNvbnZlcnNpb24gZm9yIEhQIHByaW50ZXJzKSwKIyBjcmVhdGUgYSBmaWx0 ZXIgc2NyaXB0IHRoYXQgcmVjdXJzaXZlbHkgY2FsbHMgbHBkIHdpdGggYW5vdGhlciAtUAojIGFy Z3VtZW50IGFmdGVyIGZpbHRlcmluZy4KIwojcmVtb3RlfHNhbXBsZSByZW1vdGUgcHJpbnRlcjpc CiMJOnNoOlwKIwk6cm09bHBob3N0OnNkPS92YXIvc3Bvb2wvb3V0cHV0L2xwaG9zdDpsZj0vdmFy L2xvZy9scGQtZXJyczoKIwojIFNpbXBsZSBSdXNzaWFuIHByaW50ZXIgd2l0aCBoYXJkd2FyZSBD UDg2NiBjaGFyYWN0ZXIgc2V0LCBvdXRwdXQgZmlsdGVyCiMgdXNlZCBmb3IgS09JOC1SIC0+IENQ ODY2IGNvbnZlcnNpb24KIwojbHB8UnVzc2lhbiBsb2NhbCBsaW5lIHByaW50ZXI6XAojCTpzaDpv Zj0vdXNyL2xpYmV4ZWMvbHByL3J1L2tvaTJhbHQ6XAojCTpscD0vZGV2L2xwdDA6c2Q9L3Zhci9z cG9vbC9vdXRwdXQvbHBkOmxmPS92YXIvbG9nL2xwZC1lcnJzOgojCmxwfGhwNDA1MHxIUCBMYXNl ckpldCA0MDUwOlwKCTpzaDpcCgk6bHA9L2Rldi9scHQwOlwKCTpzZD0vdmFyL3Nwb29sL2xwZC9s cDpcCgk6bGY9L3Zhci9sb2cvbHAtZXJyczpcCgk6aWY9L3Vzci9sb2NhbC9saWJleGVjL3BzaWY6 XAoJOmRmPS91c3IvbG9jYWwvbGliZXhlYy9wc2RmOlwKCTp0Zj0vdXNyL2xvY2FsL2xpYmV4ZWMv cHN0Zjo= --------------Boundary-00=_U4DW1I0B6T8MVOBCGQF3-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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