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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > Since AbiWord_s is statically linked, I could try copying over the
> > whole 11MB of bin/AbiSuite, and xset, to BL2.  Will it run without
> > the dictionary and with less than 2.3MB fonts?
>
> I just checked. Removing the ~2MB dictionary didn't change anything,
> until I tried to run the spell checker. It popped up an error message,
> which is what I expected it to do. Once you close that message, it
> keeps running.
>
> The fonts it comes with are about 2.3MB. How much smaller do you want
> them? I'm really not sure which ones are necessary. You may need to
> try removing one at a time.

Thanks.
......
> > Steven had to experiment a lot to get this to work because AbiWord
> > somehow expected a full set of X fonts as well, I think.  I think
> > the script is his.
>
> Off the subject: I built a little game for BL3. It compiled fine, but
> it needed 4 fonts from the Xfonts package to run. I couldn't figure
> out how to remove that dependency, until I remembered that AbiWord uses
> its own fonts. That script really helped.
>
> The script looks like it was made for AbiWord.
Probably by Steven - it looks like his style.
....
> > > From what you sent, but the maintainer suggested also pbmtext (makes a pbm
> > of ascii which you can then incorporate into other images or print
> > on the ppa series printer) and pbmpage (used to calibrate
> > printers).  Do you have those?
>
> I'm not sure. Do you want them? I would think that pbmtext could be replaced
> by a script that concatenates image files of letters. As for printer
Why write a script when netpbm comes with something already?

> calibration, how does that work? Does it tell you how to adjust the pnm tool
> settings for a good image? Wouldn't printing a test image serve the same
> purpose? Please excuse my cynicism.

It may print a test image.  The man or html pages are online and I could 
not understand but I think you were supposed to use it with pbmtoppa to 
calibrate the printer in case things were not already centered right.

http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoppa.html  (or maybe docs)

> > I just got another email from the maintainer.  He helped me get 11.69"
> > scanned output into proper form for the ppa printer (use pamcut)
> > and suggested pnmenlarge to print 200 dpi on the ppa (600 dpi only).
> >
> > Besides pbmtolj pbm_file > /dev/lp0, could I pbmtolj pbm_file >
> > lj_file and then cat lj_file > /dev/lp0?
>
> Why not? On Unix-like operating systems, you can use devices just like
> files.
>
> > If so, is there a DOS way
> > (type?) to send the same preformatted file to a printer?
>
> DOS may not handle the escape codes correctly. unix2dos may be needed
> first. Or the equivalent option for dos2unix, which escapes me at the
> moment. Assuming it can handle it, though:

busybox has dos2unix but not unix2dos
dos2unix -d changes unix to dos format


> type lj_file >lpt1
>
> It's been a while since I've used DOS. Maybe that command isn't right.

I will experiment.

> > Netpbm
> > can be compiled for DOS (someone did it for me) and that would give
> > me a DOS 'Windows' printer with which to impress the friend who
> > does his taxes on a Commodore.
>
> I'm curious as to what he uses. Is that a Commodore 64?
He collects Commodores - could be a 128.

> David
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