[PLUG] Page margins

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "David" == David Bridges <dbridges at austin.rr.com> writes:

>>  $lpr textfile

David> YMMV, but I have found that something like this works great for
David> text files.

David> cat textfile | enscript | lpr

This sort of thing can drive an old unix CLI freak crazy.  The "cat"
in this instance is unnecessary.  Why not just:

   enscript < textfile | lpr

or better still, learn the "usage" of enscript ("enscript --help" or
"man enscript") and use that to your advantage:

   enscript textfile 

Because I don't like to waste paper, I always generate in intermediate
file and inspect it first with "gv".  But since I don't mind wasting
paper if it looks cool, I use fancy headers:

   enscript --fancy-header=emacs -o /tmp/test.ps textfile
   gv /tmp/test.ps
   lpr /tmp/test.ps

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