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Date:      Tue, 28 May 1996 08:57:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        john@starfire.mn.org
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: printed form tool?
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960528085559.19769A-100000@maryann.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199605280218.VAA08299@starfire.mn.org>

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On Mon, 27 May 1996 john@starfire.mn.org wrote:

> Please reply to me directly, as I don't subscribe to this list...
> 
> Are there tools for generating printed forms, like for paper
> record keeping?  Thanks!
> 
> Please reply to me directly, as I don't subscribe to this list...

Well, yes.  If I needed to do that, I'd generate the data using awk (most 
likely), and have it put out code with the correct troff (groff) tbl 
stuff around it, so that it would print as tabular material.  I've done 
that, the output can get to be very good looking.

> 
> 		   John Lind, Starfire Consulting Services
> E-mail: john@starfire.MN.ORG		USnail: PO Box 17247, Mpls MN  55417
> 

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