[Info-vax] DCPS and gray-bar output

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In article <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901291249400.17904 at libra.gmcl.internal>, Rob Brown <mylastname at gmcl.com> writes:
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>On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 at 14:35 -0500, Paul Anderson wrote:
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>> In article 
>> <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901291127590.16661 at libra.gmcl.internal>, Rob Brown 
>> <mylastname 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.
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>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?


$ RENAME (or COPY) MUMBLE.TXT MUMBLE.LIS

$ PRINT ... MUMBLE.LIS

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