[Info-vax] DCPS and gray-bar output

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In article <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901291355470.19634 at libra.gmcl.internal>, Rob Brown <mylastname at gmcl.com> writes:
>On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 at 12:49 -0800, ken.fairfield at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Jan 29, 12:15 pm, Rob Brown <mylastn... at gmcl.com> wrote:
>
>>> 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).
>
>Thanks Ken.  What I really want to do is print MUMBLE.TXT WITH gray 
>bars, but WITHOUT line numbers and page headings.  (Why?  Because 
>MUMBLE.TXT already contains line numbers and page headings.)
>
>Specifying DATA_TYPE=LIST gives me headings and line numbers that I 
>don't want.  Not specifying DATA_TYPE=LIST does not give me gray bars 
>that I do want.
>
>Any ideas?

You need a postscript form (execform) background to add the gray bars.

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