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

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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