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NOTES FOR TASWORD PRINTING OF MANUAL FILES.
Printer control characters are:-
C - Condensed
D - Double Strike
G - Superscript
H - Subscript
S - Output two spaces. I use this to overcome the loss of
justification caused by PCCs in a line. Simply type the
"S" PCC (in upper or lower case) instead of a normal
space, elsewhere in the line. This should be done for
EVERY other PCC in the line. As an example, if you
underline a word in the middle of a line, then you should
use two "S" PCCs, to restore justification.
I - Italics
Q - Used to print "hash". The upper case PCC selects the
American font (Language 0). The lower case PCC selects the
English font (Language 3). Hence the sequence "Q#q" will
print a hash, assuming that your printer defaults to the
English Font.
The codes for PCC "Q" are:-
"Q" : 27 83 0
"q" : 27 82 3
I have programmed [SHIFT 3] to produce the above
sequence by adding the following commands to the BASIC
loader program:-
KEY 141,CHR$(185)+"Q#"+CHR$(185)+"q
KEY DEF 57,1,51,141,0
If you don't have TASWORD then bear in mind that PCCs are
stored as characters with ASCII values above 127. The
following program will remove all PCCs from a file and
send the result to the printer:-
OPENIN <file.name>
WHILE NOT EOF
LINE INPUT#9,k$
FOR a%=1 TO LEN(k$):IF ASC(k$)>127 THEN k$=LEFT$(k$,a%-1)+MID$(k$,a%+1)
NEXT
'* k$ is now free of PCCs
?#8,k$
WEND
CLOSEIN
Or RUN the TAS-ASC program.
MANUAL FILES.
Printer control characters are:-
C - Condensed
D - Double Strike
G - Superscri