On Tue 08/31/99 01:58AM, Brad wrote: > i'm hoping you don't have to print it all out then... That's a huge pain, > and waste of paper! (if you do, look into a2ps or mpage to put multiple > pages on one sheet)
Unfortunately I do, but at this stage, the programs are very short. I've been using a2ps, but I've never tried mpage... > ^H is backspace. Don't make mistakes, and you won't get it ;) ... Also, > now you can understand those jokes like "Be nice to the > idiots^H^H^H^H^H^Husers" hehe. > ^M is the carriage return character. i don't know why you're getting it, > unless you used some editor to write your program that uses windows or mac > style EOL... Or if the program outputs windows or mac style EOL sequences. I knew that, because I've seen it discussed several times. I wrote it in vim. > Go for it. i won't even offer any suggestions, to let you see what you can > discover yourself. I'll try. Now I have to find some scripting stuff in one of these piles of books :) Thanks -- ( __ _ Mark Wagnon ) Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chula Vista, CA ( /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) www.debian.org _\_v____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\