09-26-2018
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Originally Posted by
MadeInGermany
Yes, because a missing newline is a violation in Unix, and cause problems with many text processing tools.
On the other hand, a file without newlines containing printer escape sequences can be prefixed to a (plain text) print file without adding lines to the file and changing the page format.
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thailpof
thailpof(8) System Manager's Manual thailpof(8)
NAME
thailpof - Generic filter for printing Thai text files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lbin/thailpof [-c] [-h host] [-H] [-i indent] [-l length] [-n login] [-P printer_id] [-S] [-w width] [accounting_file]
OPTIONS
Prints control characters. Specifies the host name of the job owner. This name can contain Thai characters. Enables half-height printing
mode. In printers without a one-pass printing mode, Thai characters are printed on 3 levels, or 3 lines. When half-height printing mode
is enabled, the 3 levels are printed in 1.5 lines, which improves the appearance of output. The cost of this improvement is slower print-
ing speed. Specifies the amount of indentation. The default value is no (no indentation). Specifies the page length in lines. The default
value is 22. Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name can contain Thai characters. Specifies the printer ID in the format
that conforms to the Wototo Specification. This format is [bb][mm][nn] where: Is the brand ID, representing the brand of the printer. Is
the model ID, representing the model of the printer. Is the code ID, specifying the character code used by the printer. Enables space-
compensation mode. Many of the existing tools for text alignment cannot handle nonspacing characters properly. When printing output from
such tools, enabling space-compensation mode improves alignment of output text. Specifies the page width in columns. The default value is
80.
OPERANDS
Specifies the file to record accounting information.
DESCRIPTION
The thailpof filter is a generic print filter for Thai text files. The filter handles the device dependencies of printers and performs
accounting functions. At print job completion times, accounting records are written to the file specified by the af field in /etc/print-
cap.
The filter can handle plain text files and files that have been preprocessed by nroff. Either kind of file can contain Thai characters.
The thailpof filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining, superscripting, and subscripting into the proper control sequences
for the printer.
The thailpof filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if fields in the /etc/printcap file. For a description of these
fields, see printcap(4).
To print Thai characters on the flag page using 3-pass mode, you must specify /usr/lbin/thailpof in the of field of the /etc/printcap file.
In 3-pass mode, however, the flag page is not printed on one page. Therefore, if you do not plan to print Thai characters on the flag
page, or if you are using one-pass mode, do not specify /usr/lbin/thailpof in the of field.
NOTES
The lpr command supports a number of options and associated arguments to enable localization features supported by various printers. The
following can be used with the thailpof filter: To specify one-and-a-half line printing To enable space-compensation mode. To specify the
pathname of the character code table
For a complete description of this option and its associated arguments or values, refer to lpr(1).
ERRORS
The lf field (default value is /dev/null) in the /etc/printcap file specifies the name of the error log.
SEE ALSO
Commands: lpr(1), pr(1), lpd(8), pac(8)
Files: printcap(4)
Others: i18n_printing(5)
thailpof(8)