On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 07/08/2014 04:16 PM, andrew mcelroy wrote: > >> I don't understand your given. When you say compile process is this a >> latex file? >> >> What kind of data are your printing? >> >> > We are printing a source file (not C or COBOL or perl); simple text that > has tab characters imbedded therein. > > The print process that does not give us the expected results is lp. cat > and a2ps respect the tab characters as desired. I would think the problem is in the printer or its driver. They don't know that tabs turn into multiple spaces. So you get one character (the tab) where you expected many. That's why I like to use the enscript command. Like a2ps, it formats text files and sends the printer PostScript. enscript can send its output directly to the printer. Take lp out of the equation altogether. -- Robert Wohlfarth -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
