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- From: kellym@tekgen.bv.tek.com (Kelly Mc Connell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: How do I save DECterm printer info?
- Message-ID: <1774@tekgen.bv.tek.com>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 21:47:42 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.120705.81@dallas.sil.org>
- Reply-To: kellym@tekgen.bv.tek.com
- Organization: Tektronix Inc. VMS Systems Support
- Lines: 32
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- In article <1992Dec30.120705.81@dallas.sil.org> titus@dallas.sil.org writes:
- >
- > Anybody out there (DEC folks perhaps?) know how to save
- >printer info into the DECW$TERMINAL.DAT file? I have set up
- >my desired default printer info and then done a save, but
- >this info doesn't appear in the file.
- > If someone knows how to save this info, please let me know
-
- I'm assuming you're referring to the terminal window print option and not the
- session manager print application.
-
- You can't save it, but there is a way around it. The info on the first pop-up
- menu will save (file name, mono/color, etc.), the info on the second and
- third pop-up menus will not save (queue name, form, etc.). To set up a default
- printer you need to define a logical DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT that points
- to the queue you want to use. This logical is supposed to work OK if defined
- in your process logical name table but it doesn't, it has to be in the system
- or group table for it to work.
-
- You can define DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT to a comma seperated list also, then
- when you open the queued printer options menu the list you see will be limited
- to the queues you've defined. You may also define logicals for other print
- formats (DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_xxx where xxx is DEFAULT, TEXT, LINE PRINTER, etc.)
- This is (poorly) documented in the Guide to Installing DECwindows Motif in
- section three, Customizing VMS DECwindows Motif Software.
-
- Remember, this is being defined on a particular system, so when you open another
- DECterm window to a different system, you're starting from scratch again.
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