On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, John Korb wrote:
 
> "James B. Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>  Wrote:
>
> >>  UNN vs. NUM controls whether or not line numbers are seen, independent of
> >>  the file being a numbered or unnumbered file.  UNN is the default.
> >>
> >>  RAW vs. unRAW?? controls whether or not data in the file can be interpreted
> >>  as line numbers.  RAW means no. unraw?? means yes and is the default.
> >>
> >>  Lab welcomes your suggestions for an OPTION name opposite to RAW, and
> >>  solicits feedback on this proposal. We expect that this enhancement will
> >>  be available on 5.0 and 5.5 patches.
> >
> >My suggestion would be :
> >
> >PRINT [[FILE=]filename]
> >           [[;OUT=]outfile]
> >           [[;START=]m]
> >           [[;END=]n]
> >           [[;PAGE=]p]
> >           [;{UNN}]
> >             {NUM}
> >           [[;FMT=]{B[inary]}]
> >                   {A[scii[,"c"|'c']}
> >
> >Binary = binary stream, no editing by PRINT
> >Ascii = printable characters only (default) - non printing characters
> replaced by
> >optional ,"c" character. If double quote mark is the desired replacement
> >character then '"'.
> >
> >Default is ;FMT=Ascii,"."
Sounds good to me!
Nick.
 
> >Regards,
> >Jim
>
>
> I tend to agree.  From the description I read in the original posting, RAW
> doesn't sound so raw since the "." replaces non-printing characters.  Sounds
> "COOKED" to me.  Jim's suggested syntax makes a lot more sense to me, but
> then I'm a throwback that uses a couple of UDCs to invoke FCOPY (with $STDIN
> and $STDLIST diverted) rather than use PRINT, and use a "TYPE" UDC to invoke
> a program that does "cooks" files so that large expanses of blanks in lines
> are converted to HP Terminal ESC sequences (<esc>&a+12C  as an example).
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> John
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