From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 18 02:09:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA20636 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 02:09:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au [129.78.129.109]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA20631 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 02:09:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dawes@localhost) by rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) id TAA05640; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 19:06:53 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19970418190653.32612@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 19:06:53 +1000 From: David Dawes To: Terry Lambert Cc: Chuck Robey , FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Printing IBM chars References: <199704172256.PAA00665@phaeton.artisoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199704172256.PAA00665@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Thu, Apr 17, 1997 at 03:56:00PM -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Apr 17, 1997 at 03:56:00PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: >> I have some text which has been formatted for a IBM printer -- you know, >> with the characters that form line graphics. I want to print it, but I >> want it to print with the lines, not with odd control character >> replacements. Anyone know how I could convert it? If I could display it >> on an X11 screen, I could print a screen dump (yucky looking, but better >> than nothing). Hmm? > >Heh. I think I know the text... > >You need to use a PC font for your xterm; I've made a couple in the >past for things like an SCO console and Wyse60 emulating Xterm, but >I haven't played with that stuff in a long time. I'm sure there's >got to be one out there somewhere... > >I've looked through all the default fonts and all the international >add-ons, and I couldn't find one. Try on ftp.x.org in contrib. There is a vga.bdf file in the XFree86 source (it doesn't get installed though, so it isn't in the binary dists). This is a PC font suitable for use in an xterm. It can be found at: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.2/untarred/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vga.bdf It should also be in the X11R6.3 untarred tree on ftp.x.org. David