Usenet 1994 October/usenetsourcesnewsgroupsinfomagicoctober1994disk2.iso/unix/volume4/sticky

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Newsgroups: mod.sources
Subject: PostScript sticky label program
Reply-To: [e-mail] (William Roberts)
Organization: CS Dept, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK.
Keywords: postscript label
Approved: [e-mail]

Mod.sources:  Volume 4, Issue 96
Submitted by: talcott!seismo!mcvax!cs.qmc.ac.uk!liam

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#             background.test
#             sticky
#             sticky.1
#             sticky.awk
#             sticky.ps
#             sticky.test
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This directory contains software, example and manual page for a
program which produces PostScript commands for printing address
labels, conference badges etc.

I believe that this system is a good example of how to write
simple X-to-PostScript filters:  essentially you do most of the
programming in the PostScript prologue and do only minimal
re-arrangement to input data.  In many cases the re-arrangement
is so easy that you only need an awk script and/or a few other
Unix tools.

The files are:

sticky.1      - the manual page. This should be comprehensive
                enough for you to run the program.

sticky.awk    - An awk(1) script that translates the input data
                into the appropriate PostScript commands.

sticky.ps     - A PostScript prologue (set of sub-routines)
                which define all the routines used by the
                output from the awk script.

sticky        - A sh(1) script which outputs sticky.ps, then
                runs the sticky.awk on its arguments.


sticky.test   - A demonstration of the simple label features
                and the formatting capability. Type

                        sticky stick.test

                and send the output to your PostScript printer.

background.test - A demonstration of the labels-with-backgrounds
                advanced features of the program.  Run as per
                the other .test file.


REMARK:

The sticky command is too complicated really: I shouldn't have
added to "BACKGROUND" facility to this general-purpose system.
Quick, distribute it before I get second thoughts....


William Roberts                 ARPA: [e-mail]
Queen Mary College              UUCP: [e-mail]
LONDON, UK
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FORMAT
2  HB 14 centre
14 H  14 centre
4  H  10 centre

BACKGROUND logo
(blank)
SPEAKER
Computer Turkeysetting Conference

Anne Robbins

Bernard Matthews

William Roberts

Frances Shipsey

Angus Phillips

Ann Nursey

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#! /bin/sh
# LaserWriter version of the "sticky" labels program

DIR=.
AWK=sticky.awk
PS=sticky.ps

cat $DIR/$PS; awk -f $DIR/$AWK $*
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.TH STICKY 1 "29 April 1982"
.SH NAME
sticky \- generate PostScript for address labels
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sticky
[
.B file ....
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I file
is converted into PostScript that will print it as address
labels, suitable for use with sticky label stationery (hence
the name!).  Standard input will be used if
.I file
is ``-'' or no arguments are given.
.PP
Each label will have one address on it; each address is a
sequence of non-blank lines from the file, terminated by a
blank line or the end of the file.  Lines consisting of just
the
.I troff(1)
directive ``.nf'' are ignored.
.PP
If the first line of an address is the word ``FORMAT'', the
address is used as a label format description.
This description consists of a number of line formats which are
used for the successive lines of each subsequent address.  If
an address has more lines than the current format description,
the last line of the description is re-used for the extra lines
(rather like the line formats in
.IR tbl(1) ).
Each line format has the following structure:

.I
.ce
gap fontcode pointsize style
.ft P

.TP
.I gap
The gap to leave between the top of this line and the bottom of
the previous line (or the top of the label) in points.  2 is a
good number for this.
.TP
.I fontcode
The
.I troff(1)
code for the font to use on this line (e.g. R, B, HO etc).
.TP
.I pointsize
The pointsize of the text for this line.
.TP
.I style
The layout style of the line; one of ``left'', ``right'' or
``centre''. The text will be aligned against the lefthand edge,
the righthand edge or centred in the label respectively.
.PP
Addresses with a first line beginning with the word
``BACKGROUND'' are used to define a fixed part of the label.
The rest of the first line is executed (as a PostScript
procedure) whenever a subsequent label is printed. The rest of
the address is taken to be fixed text and is printed as per the
current format at the time the BACKGROUND command is issued.
Subsequent changes to the format will not affect the background.
An address line consisting of the just word ``(blank)'' results
in a blank line in the PostScript version of the address, and
is particularily useful when defining the background for
labels.
.SH EXAMPLES
The default format is
.in +0.5i
.nf
.ne 2
FORMAT
2 R 12 left.
.in
A pleasing effect with the first line in large italics, a gap
before the second line and subsequent lines in smaller type
is given by
.in +0.5i
.nf
.ne 4
FORMAT
2 HO 14 left
4 H  12 left
2 H  12 left
.fi
.in
Conference badges could be produced with
.in +0.5i
.nf
.ne 4
FORMAT
20 HB 15 centre
8  HO  8 centre
2  HO  8 centre
.fi
.in
To produce conference badges with some fixed text and a logo
(the ``turkey'' from the PostScript CookBook, but you could
define your own!), use
.in +0.5i
.nf
.ne 4
FORMAT
2  HB 14 centre
14 H  14 centre
4  H  10 centre

.ne 4
BACKGROUND logo
(blank)
SPEAKER
Computer Turkey-Setting Conference

Mr First Speaker

Miss Second Speaker

etc....
.fi
.in
.SH FILES
.TP 2.5i
/usr/local/lib/sticky/sticky.ps
The PostScript prologue, including label size & layout on page.
.TP
/usr/local/lib/sticky/sticky.awk
Awk(1) script for converting addresses to PostScript and
handling the font name conversion.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
awk(1), troff(1), tbl(1).
.SH "CUSTOMISING"
The PostScript prologue can be modified to cope with specific
types of label. New line formats can be added, as can
additional procedures for use with the BACKGROUND facility.
The safest way to do this is to copy and modify the existing
routines.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.nf
William Roberts
Department of Computer Science
Queen Mary College
LONDON, UK
.fi
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BEGIN   { ADDRESS = "FALSE"; FORMAT="FALSE"; BACKGROUND="FALSE"
          FONTNAME["R"]  = "/Times-Roman";
          FONTNAME["I"]  = "/Times-Italic";
          FONTNAME["B"]  = "/Times-Bold";
          FONTNAME["BI"] = "/Times-BoldItalic";
          FONTNAME["H"]  = "/Helvetica";
          FONTNAME["HO"] = "/Helvetica-Oblique";
          FONTNAME["HB"] = "/Helvetica-Bold";
          FONTNAME["HD"] = "/Helvetica-BoldOblique";
          FONTNAME["C"]  = "/Courier";
          FONTNAME["CO"] = "/Courier-Oblique";
          FONTNAME["CB"] = "/Courier-Bold";
          FONTNAME["CD"] = "/Courier-BoldOblique";
        }

$1 == ".nf" \
        { next }

$1 == "FORMAT" && NF == 1 \
        { FORMAT = "TRUE"; printf "[\n"; next }

$1 == "BACKGROUND" \
        {
          printf "/BackgroundProcs {";
          for(i=2; i<=NF; i++) printf "%s ", $i;
          printf "} def\n[\n";
          BACKGROUND = "TRUE";
          next;
        }

NF == 0 || ( NF == 1 && $1 == "") \
        {
          if (ADDRESS == "TRUE") printf "] def DoIt\n";
          ADDRESS = "FALSE";
          if (FORMAT == "TRUE") printf "] define_format\n\n";
          FORMAT = "FALSE";
          if (BACKGROUND == "TRUE") printf "] define_background\n\n";
          BACKGROUND = "FALSE";
          next;
        }

# Format line is: pre-line_gap  font  pointsize  line_style
FORMAT == "TRUE" \
        { FONT = FONTNAME[$2];
          STYLE = $4; if ($4 == "center") STYLE = "centre";
          printf "{ %d %s %d %s }\n", $1, FONT, $3, STYLE;
          next;
        }


ADDRESS == "FALSE" && NF == 2 && $2 == "TIMES" \
        {
          printf "/Repeat_count %d def\n", $1;
          printf "/Text [\n";
          ADDRESS = "TRUE";
          next;
        }

ADDRESS == "FALSE" && BACKGROUND == "FALSE" \
        {
          printf "/Text [\n";
          ADDRESS = "TRUE";
        }

# all non-empty lines
        {
          if ($1 == "(blank)" && NF == 1 ) printf "  ()\n";
          else printf "  (%s)\n", $0;
        }

END     {
          if (ADDRESS == "TRUE") printf "] def DoIt\n";
          if (BACKGROUND == "TRUE" || FORMAT == "TRUE" ) printf "] pop\n";
          printf "AllDone\n";
        }
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%!PS-ADOBE-1.0
%%Pages: ?
% Handle "sticky"-style labels

/mm { 2.83465 mul} def          % according to the CookBook
/Label_Depth  37.3 mm def
/Label_Width 104.5 mm def
/Useable 0.8 def                % useable depth,width

/rows 7 def /cols 2 def

/fine_tune {3 mm -12.5 mm translate} def  % fine tune the positioning

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PostScript Routines %%%%%%%%%%
fine_tune

/Label
{ Label_Depth mul exch Label_Width mul exch } def
/Label_Boundary
{ 1 0 Label rlineto  0  1 Label rlineto
 -1 0 Label rlineto  0 -1 Label rlineto
} def
/UnUseable 1 Useable sub 2 div def

/labelrow 1 def
/labelcol 1 def

/DoIt   % Argument: array of strings
{
Repeat_count
    { gsave
       labelcol 1 sub rows labelrow sub Label moveto
       currentpoint translate

       gsave
        Label_Boundary clippath % clip to label boundary
        UnUseable Useable UnUseable add Label moveto  % Top Left of label
        gsave
        Background { BackgroundProcs BackDict begin PrintText end} if
        grestore
        PrintText
       grestore

       /labelcol labelcol 1 add def       % increment column
       labelcol cols gt
       { /labelcol 1 def
         /labelrow labelrow 1 add def       % increment row
         labelrow rows gt
            { showpage
              /labelrow 1 def     % new page
            } if
       } if
      grestore
   } repeat
   /Repeat_count 1 def        % reset multiplication count
} def

/AllDone
{
  labelcol 1 eq labelrow 1 eq and not        % not (row=1 & col=1)
  { showpage
  } if       % print final page
} def


/define_format          % arg: array of {line format}
{ /Format exch def
  /Format_max Format length 1 sub def
} def

%% Local format routines:  centre, left, right
%%
/centre         % args: string gap font ps
{
  /ps exch def
  findfont ps scalefont setfont 0 exch neg rmoveto
  dup stringwidth pop
  Label_Width Useable mul exch sub 2 div ps neg
  gsave rmoveto show grestore
  0 ps neg rmoveto    % go down the vertical spacing amount
} def
/left         % args: string gap font ps
{
  /ps exch def
  findfont ps scalefont setfont 0 exch neg rmoveto
  0 ps neg
  gsave rmoveto show grestore
  0 ps neg rmoveto    % go down the vertical spacing amount
} def
/right        % args: string gap font ps
{
  /ps exch def
  findfont ps scalefont setfont 0 exch neg rmoveto
  dup stringwidth pop
  Label_Width Useable mul exch sub ps neg
  gsave rmoveto show grestore
  0 ps neg rmoveto    % go down the vertical spacing amount
} def

%% Definitions for handling backgrounds
%%
/define_background      % arg: array of {text} for current format
{ /Background true def  % flag existence of background
  BackDict /Format Format put
  BackDict /Format_max Format_max put
  BackDict begin
    /Text exch def
  end
} def

%% BackgroundProc definitions
%%
%% logo is a silly example that prints the CookBook "turkey" in
%%      one corner of the label.

/logo           % Silly example of a BackgroundProc
{ gsave
  currentpoint translate
  0 -20 translate 20 -20 scale
  {1 exch sub} settransfer
  24 23 1 [24 0 0 23 0 -23]
{<003B00 002700 002480 0E4940
  114920 14B220 3CB650 75FE88
  17FF8C 175F14 1C07E2 3803C4
  703182 F8EDFC B2BBC2 BB6F84
  31BFC2 18EA3C 0E3E00 07FC00
  03F800 1E1800 1FF800>} image
  grestore
} def

/PrintText
{ gsave
   0 1 Text length 1 sub         %for i=0 to length(Text) -1
   { dup Text exch get          % extract the string
     exch dup Format_max gt     % still within format?
     {pop Format_max} if        % re-use last format line if necessary
     Format exch get
     exec                       % perform the format command
   } for
  grestore
} def

%% Default Label Format, Background & repetition count

/Repeat_count 1 def
[ { 2 /Times-Roman 12 left } ] define_format
/Background false def                   % no background
/BackDict 15 dict def                    % dictionary for the data
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Mr David G Small
High Level Hardware Ltd
PO Box 170
Windmill Road
Oxford OX3 7BN

FORMAT
2 B 14 left
8 I 12 left
2 I 12 left

Mr Paul Farmer
Syntek Ltd
Fanum House
48 Leicester Square
London WC2H 7BY

Mr F.J. Tucker
Ernst & Whinney
Beckett House
1 Lambeth Palace Road
London EC1

FORMAT
2 HO 10 centre
6 HO 10 centre
2 HO 10 centre

Mr F.J. Tucker
Ernst & Whinney
Beckett House
1 Lambeth Palace Road
London EC1

FORMAT
4 CO 12 right

Mr F.J. Tucker
Ernst & Whinney
Beckett House
1 Lambeth Palace Road
London EC1

FORMAT
2 I 14 left
4 R 12 left
2 R 12 left

Mr David G Small
High Level Hardware Ltd
PO Box 170
Windmill Road
Oxford OX3 7BN


Mr F.J. Tucker
Ernst & Whinney
Beckett House
1 Lambeth Palace Road
London EC1

3 TIMES
Sue White
Research Co-ordinator
Department of Computer Science & Statistics
Queen Mary College
Mile End Road
LONDON                  E1 4NS

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