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- COMMAND: PRT (Print) DOCUMENTATION : On-line
-
- FUNCTION: Prints a file with a variety of formatting options.
-
- FORMAT: PRT ? or PRT [d:][filename[.ext]] [[/option]...][;]
-
- TYPE: Public domain software
-
- REMARKS: PRT ? displays a help screen with a list of the available options.
- Omitting either the file name or the option list causes the user
- to be prompted for them. Supplying the semicolon [;] causes the
- default values (first value listed) to be used for all options.
- The options are:
-
- INIT specifies that various print format codes to follow
- NOINIT will (will not) be specified.
-
- RESET specifies whether (or not) the default printer formats
- NORESET will be restored after the file is printed.
-
- NOENLARGED turns off (or on) the enlarged character set. ENLARGED
- ENLARGED may be used with CONDENSED.
-
- NOCONDENSED turns off (or on) the condensed character set. CONDENSED
- CONDENSED may be used with ENLARGED.
-
- NOENHANCED specifies that double printing will not (will) be used.
- ENHANCED
-
- NOEMPHASIZED specifies that emphasized characters will not (will)
- EMPHASIZED be used.
-
- NOHEX specifies that lines to be printed will not (will)
- HEX include the hexadecimal representation of each byte.
-
- HEADER specifies that a header will (will not) be printed at
- NOHEADER the top of each page containing the input file name,
- the date it was last updated, the date and time PRT
- was invoked, and the page number. NOHEADER leaves a 1/2
- inch blank margin at the top of each page.
-
- UHEADER prompts the user for entry of the header. If the first
- character is a comma ",", then up to 50 characters may
- be substituted for the Update and Print Date fields.
- Otherwise,up to 70 characters may be substituted for all
- fields in the header except the page number.
-
- CC indicates that the file contains carriage control
- characters that will be used by PRT to control paging.
- CC is the default if the file's extension is "LST".
-
- NOCC causes PRT to count lines and to skip over page
- perforations. Linefeeds are honored but formfeeds are
- treated as linefeeds. NOCC is the default unless the
- file name contains the extension "LST".
-
- LPI 6 specifies the number of lines to be printed per vertical
- LPI 8 inch of paper.
-
- PAGESIZE n specifies the maximum number of lines to be printed per
- page. n must be at least 5 and defaults to 63 (unless
- CC is in effect, in which case PAGESIZE is ignored).
-
- FROM n specifies the line number in the input file from which
- printing is to begin. The default is n=1.
-
- FOR n specifies the maximum number of lines that are to be
- read from the input file. The default is n=32767.