[PLUG] Printing a xterm window

Steve Bonds 1s7k8uhcd001 at sneakemail.com
Wed Sep 11 22:26:16 UTC 2002


Try this page:

http://vt100.net/docs/tp83/appendixc.html

One of the "media copy" ANSI sequences is probably what you want.  (i.e.
ESC [ i) Also look at the xterm attribute "printerCommand" to tell it what
command to run when this sequence is received.

  -- Steve

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Roderick A. Anderson raanders at acm.org wrote:

> I'm looking for a method to print just the _current_ contents of a 
> xterm.  Similar to how I print while using a xterm to ssh into 
> another system and use pine, the percent key works to do this.  Is there a 
> command sequence that will read the current screen and pass it to an 
> external program?
> 
> After 8 pages of Goggle output I got tired and decided to ask the experts 
> before I reached that mythical 11th hour.  :-)
> 
> 
> TIA,
> Rod
> -- 
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