[BL] BL3 as 'user' D
sindi keesan
keesan at sdf.lonestar.org
Fri Feb 9 19:34:08 EST 2007
On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Hermang Mansilla wrote:
> Hi,
> Sorry for answering late, but my mailbox is full of
> messages (damn spammers !!!)
>
> I have a suggestion: if your problem is that you
> want to print a formatted web page, then it could be
> possible to "pass" the html file previously through
> a filter that convert them to simple text and print it
> normally?
> I remember that the Lynx (or links ? ) program has
> an option that is used from midnight commander to
> view html pages inside midnight commander
> I am not running BasLinux right now, so I can not
> verify it, but I remember it was something like this:
I have been able to do this from the menu, saving formatted text in links
(with tables) or printing with P from lynx and saving to a file.
But my friends want to print webpages with different sizes of fonts and
with embedded images. The use of a printing script based on gs solved
this problem.
I wonder if we can print graphical links with the same script.
Sindi
>
> links -dump -force-html WebPageforPrinting.html >
> p.txt
>
> Then you could print p.txt as a normal text file
>
> Hope this helps!
> Bye,
> -HHMM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- sindi keesan <keesan at sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 3aoo-cvfd at dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>>
>>> sindi keesan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Both AbiWord and Opera work fine as root.
>>>>
>>>> They don't print web pages or formatted text as
>> root.
>>
>>> That's a lpd problem, not a AbiWord/Opera problem.
>>> I don't recommend running lpd on BL3 (although, of
>>> course, you are very welcome to try). I run lpd
>> on
>>> BL2, which is a better all-purpose platform.
>>
>> I do too, but am trying to keep this small and
>> simple.
>> lpd does not work as root in BL2 - would it maybe
>> work in BL3?
>>
>>> Remember BL3 was a downgrade from BL2. BL3
>> required
>>> at least a 486DX with 8mb RAM. BL3 runs on a 386
>> or
>>> 486SX with 3mb RAM. For Pentium desktops, BL2 is
>> the
>>> better option.
>>
>> I don't see that it would be any easier to set up
>> than BL3 with upgraded
>> glibc, unless someone really wanted xpdf. (I can
>> try to write a script
>> to convert pdf to pbm and view one page at a time
>> with zgv). Our friends
>> are not going to be adding programs.
>>
>>>> This is what people want to do on the computers
>> we give
>>>> them, therefore we are forced to put on Windows
>> just to
>>>> print with.
>>>
>>> No, you aren't forced to install Windows. You've
>> got
>>> plenty of other options (DSL, VectorLinux, etc.).
>>
>> I don't want to learn another linux just to put on
>> other people's
>> computers. I am trying to share what I already
>> know. BL supports our
>> hardware. (Ubuntu on live CD could not even find
>> our ISA modem or sound
>> card).
>>
>>>> We are setting up early Pentiums for people who
>> cannot
>>>> afford new computers.
>>>
>>> Then you probably need something that is
>> idiot-proof.
>>> Obviously BL3 is not a good platform for that.
>>
>> It has worked so far, just not for printing
>> formatted text.
>> Even worked with a lucent modem for one friend whose
>> Win98 would no longer
>> work with that modem. Easier than trying to fix
>> Windows.
>>
>> It boots much faster than any other linux I have
>> looked at and people
>> really like it for internet use.
>>
>>>> newbies might give up after installing passwd.tgz
>>>
>>> passwd.tgz is not for newbies. I am definitely
>> not
>>> recommending it for newbies.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Steven
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