Tue, 26 Jun 90 16:38:04 O
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LISTSERV has never supported the PRINT format; it is treated like PUNCH.
I regret to say that there is no clear definition of what PRINT format
means - different virtual printer types have different line lengths, and
with a virtual 3800 I can print "lines" of up to 32k. I did not want to
support something which could allow users to complain that this or that
file is only 152 bytes wide and their networking software can accept it
as a print file, so I make the change and then someone complains that
their networking software won't accept more than 132. Said another way,
you have two types of file formats, "RAWnn" (where nn is the maximum
number of columns) and "ENCODEDxx" (where xx identifies the particular
format). NETDATA, DISK, CARD and LPUNCH are ENCODED formats and can send
you any type of file (provided you can receive RAW80 decks). RAWnn can
only send files up to nn bytes long, and I really don't see the point of
arguing over the maximum value of nn that your site or the network as a
whole can support. Everybody supports RAW80, which is fine for "normal
text" given that most terminals display 80 columns, if you want to get
other files the best is to use an ENCODED format which will support any
file, and "safely". Increasing the value of nn only decreases the amount
of files you can't receive, and what do you do with those which are still
too wide?
Eric
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