From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 28 06:08:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA25478 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 May 1996 06:08:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA25462 for ; Tue, 28 May 1996 06:08:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jolt.eng.umd.edu (jolt.eng.umd.edu [129.2.102.5]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id GAA04611 for ; Tue, 28 May 1996 06:03:17 -0700 Received: from maryann.eng.umd.edu (maryann.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.209]) by jolt.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA22219; Tue, 28 May 1996 08:57:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chuckr@localhost) by maryann.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA22252; Tue, 28 May 1996 08:57:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 08:57:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@maryann.eng.umd.edu To: john@starfire.mn.org cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: printed form tool? In-Reply-To: <199605280218.VAA08299@starfire.mn.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------