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.\" @(#)vnpstext.1V 2.2 (TriChlor) 5/14/92 21:43:55
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.TH vnpstext 1V
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.SH NAME
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vnpstext \- PostScript filter for Vietnamese text printing
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.SH SYNTAX
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.B vnpstext
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[\fB-i <prologfile>\fP]
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[input_8-bit_VISCII_file(s) ...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.NXR "vnpstext command"
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.PP
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The
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.PN vnpstext
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command operates much like the
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.MS pstext 1PS
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command: it reads a text file from standard input,
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and outputs the text in a format suitable for sending
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directly to a PostScript printer. A typical invocation
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is:
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.EX
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% vnpstext 8-bit-vietnamese-file | lpr -PPostScript
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.EE
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.PN Vnpstext
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expects the Vietnamese font (by default, Courier-VN)
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to have been downloaded to the PostScript printer.
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This will be discussed further below.
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.PP
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Without any arguments,
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.PN vnpstext
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will use the font Courier-VN at 10-point size.
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You may change this by specifying an appropriate
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prolog file. As of this date (5/92), the prolog files
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available with
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.I vnpstext
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are cour10.pro (default), cour12.pro, cour17.pro,
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cour10b.pro, cour12b.pro, cour17b.pro, which use
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Vietnamese Courier fonts at 10-, 12-, and 17-point
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sizes in normal and bold faces, respectively.
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.PP
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The location of the prolog file can either be
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the current directory, or in
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.I /usr/local/lib/ps.
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The latter setting may be overridden by
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the environment variable
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.I PSLIBDIR.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP "\fI-i <prologfile>\fP" 20m
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use the specified prolog file
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instead of generating the default (cour10.pro).
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.PP
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The prolog file is searched relative to the directory
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specified by PSLIBDIR, or the current working
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directory if PSLIBDIR is not set in the environment.
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If the prolog file name starts with the '/' character,
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it is assumed to be an absolute path name and
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PSLIBDIR is ignored.
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.SH USAGE NOTES
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.PN Vnpstext
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expects the font you use to have been downloaded
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to the printer. To do this, send it the appropriate
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font installation file. As of this date (5/92), the following
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are available with
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.PN vnpstext:
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initcour.ps and initcourb.ps, which will download
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the Vietnamese Courier and Courier-Bold fonts
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to the printer. The font sizes are continuously
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scalable and is specified in the prolog file.
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.PP
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The downloaded font will persist
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until the next time the printer is power cycled.
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Also, note that the PS engine requires that a password
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be supplied for this kind of operation to take place;
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the password is normally "0" unless it is changed
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by the user. This assumption is made in the
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init*.ps files.
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If the printer password is something other than "0",
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modify these files
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accordingly before sending it to the printer.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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To print out a mail message that contains 7-bit VIQR data,
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you might use:
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.EX
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% vn7to8 -m input_file | vnpstext | lpr -PPostScript
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.EE
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The
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.I -m
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option to
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.MS vn7to8 1V
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tells it to start out assuming English mode.
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.PP
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Or if the message contain Viet-Net style Vietnamese but is not
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necessarily VIQR-compliant in that it does not explicitly
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specify the Vietnamese language state with the sequence "\V":
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.EX
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% vn7to8 -v input_file | vnpstext | lpr -PPostScript
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.EE
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.PP
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Two sample shell scripts are provided
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to facilitate Vietnamese printing:
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.PN vnlpr7
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and
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.PN vnlpr8
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which performs the necessary conversions
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to print 7-bit VIQR and 8-bit VISCII
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data, respectively. See the contents
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of those shell scripts for usage details.
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.SH RESTRICTIONS
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.IP -
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The line length is limited to 1024 characters.
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.IP -
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Lines are not wrapped. If a line is too long to
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fit across a page width, it is truncated (by the printer).
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.SH FILES
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.IP \fI/usr/local/lib/ps:\fP 20m
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default prolog search directory
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.IP \fIinitcour.ps:\fP 20m
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Vietnamese Courier font file to download to the printer.
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.IP \fIinitcourb.ps:\fP 20m
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Vietnamese Courier-Bold font file to download to the printer.
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.IP \fIcour*.pro:\fP 20m
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Various prolog files which specify non-default values
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for font face and size.
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.SH AUTHOR
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The TriChlor Group, TriChlor@haydn.Stanford.EDU.
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.br
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Thanks also to Nam Chan Phamdo (nam@src.umd.edu)
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for pointing out the lines-per-page bug (which has been fixed!)
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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vn7to8(1V), vnelvis(1V), pstext(1PS)
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