[Info-vax] DCPS and gray-bar output

[ken.fairfield at gmail.com]

On Jan 29, 12:15 pm, Rob Brown <mylastn... at gmcl.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 at 14:35 -0500, Paul Anderson wrote:
> > In article
> > <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901291127590.16... at libra.gmcl.internal>, Rob Brown
> > <mylastn... at gmcl.com> wrote:
>
> >> I like the gray-bar output I get when I specify DATA_TYPE=LIST and
> >> sometimes would like it with DATA_TYPE=ANSI.
>
> >> Do I already have a gray-bar module that I can use with
> >> DATA_TYPE=ANSI?
>
> > No.  DATA_TYPE=ANSI and DATA_TYPE=LIST are mutually exclusive.
>
> > Since ANSI escape sequences can change the size and spacing of
> > characters, results could be pretty weird if you could use both ANSI
> > translation and the gray-bar output of the LIST datatype.
>
> Thanks for the information, Paul.  Makes sense.
>
> Perhaps I did not ask the question right.  Suppose MUMBLE.TXT is a
> plain ASCII text file with no escape sequences, and suppose that "TXT"
> is *not* in DCPS$FILE_EXTENSION_DATA_TYPE.DAT. If I print MUMBLE.TXT
> without specifying a data type, is MUMBLE.TXT printed as ANSI?  Or as
> some other data type?

You can always override the defaults on a given PRINT command:

   $ PRINT/PARAMETER=DATA_TYPE=LIST MUMBLE.TXT

(abbreviate to taste).

    -Ken