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Re: How do I set up the mail.prn file



Here is a repost of the modification necessary to get printer files
to do ascii well:

The ascii, strip and email printer files shipped with Xywrite 4 (and
probably 3) have errors that introduce extraneous LFs into the files.
To correct that shortcoming, simply manually clear what was originally
after the LE< (line ending) and PE< (paragraph ending) commands in the
the printer file and enter what you want to have appear after each line
or paragraph. In the example below, I have indicate CRLF (carriage
return line feed combinations), but one could easily include a 

before or after the CRLF combinations to help HTMLify an existing document. Another necessary change involves the vertical spacing table. Be sure that VU=1,1,100 and VS:1. But be doubly sure that a blank line (no spaces, null characters, LF or CR symbols, other special characters, etc.) follows the VS:1 command. For example, ; PRINTER INFORMATION ; LE< <- add the # of CRLF combinations wanted at each line end (0 to ?) PE< <- add the # of CRLF combinations wanted at each paragraph end (1, 2, ?) FB< FE< PG< ; ; VERTICAL SPACING TABLE ; VU=1,1,100 VS:1 ; End of example Ed Plummer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At 04:42 PM 9/7/96 GMT, you wrote: >I know long ago someone mentioned changes that could be made to either >ascii.prn or mail.prn so that they would actually work properly, which >of course they don't in the state they're in when you recieve them from >the Tech Group. I find I am now in need of printing out things to a >file properly formatted for email. > >Thanks > >Charles Herold >charles.herold@xxxxxxxx > _________________________________________________________________ Intricate Decisions P.O. Box 55661 Decision Support Riverside, CA 92517 on Human Issues and Markets in a Culturally Diverse, Tel: 909/ 274-9829 Information-Rich and Fax: 909/ 787-5409 Computer-Assisted Email: oeplummer@xxxxxxxx World orlay.plummer@xxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________