From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 5 22:53:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA05275 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 22:53:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA05270 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 22:53:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.7.5/8.7.5) id XAA16291; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 23:53:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Barnacle Wes Message-Id: <199606060553.XAA16291@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: editors To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 23:53:21 -0600 (MDT) Cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "John Fieber" at Jun 5, 96 05:04:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk jfieber@indiana.edu said: > > 2) Should be comprehensive, everything from adding users, setting up the > > network (including Web server, NFS, etc), tape backups, printing services, > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > I was just thinking about this. This is a notable omission from > the current install. If FreeBSD came with a very basic ascii to > postscript filter, we could get basic text printing for most > peaple with locally attached printers without too much fuss. It's in there. It's called apsfilter, and it's in either ports or packages. All you really need to know is what language your printer speaks. (Mine, and Epson Stylus, is ESC/P2, just like it says on the printer.) -- Wes Peters | Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late Softweyr | The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder Consulting | I'm an over forty victim of fate... softweyr@xmission.com | Jimmy Buffett