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>From: owner-hp3000-l%UTCVM.UTC.EDU
>To: Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
>Subject: Additional PARM(s) to CI PRINT command
>Date: Wednesday, January 10, 1996 6:04PM
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>Sender:       HP-3000 Systems Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
>Poster:       M Gopalakrishnan <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Additional PARM(s) to CI PRINT command
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>Hi,
>
>   Happy New Year to all of you.
>
>   On MPE/iX, the PRINT command prints truncated records when an UNNUMbered
>   file  contains  the  trailing  eight  characters  as digits.  The :PRINT
>   command is not  displaying the trailing  eight  characters as it assumes
>   those digits are line numbers.
>
>   Based on the customer requests, the new option RAW for the PRINT command
>   will be added.  With this new option, the contents of the file will be
>   displayed  as it is,  without  assuming  the trailing 8  characters as
>   line numbers. Also RAW causes non-printable characters to appear as '.'.
>
>   It is also consistent to have a option which is the opposite of RAW and
>   represents the default behavior, namely to interpret trailing digits as
>   numbers. This option can be used in UDCs or job stream which want to
>   explicitly state the default behavior.
>
>   There were 3 names suggested for this option
>
>     . UNRAW [similar to UNN -> UNNumbered]
>     . COOKED
>     . FMT   [for FORMATTED]
>
>   With this modification the future :PRINT command would become
>
>    PRINT [[FILE=]filename]
>           [[;OUT=]outfile]
>           [[;START=]m]
>           [[;END=]n]
>           [[;PAGE=]p]
>           [;{UNN}]
>             {NUM}
>           [;{RAW}   ]
>             {??RAW}                 <- New Option Name
>
>
>  and the PRINT command options behavior:
>
>  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.
>
>
>Gopi ( [log in to unmask] )
>Jeff ( [log in to unmask] )
>
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