Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/04/28/23:38:29
In a message dated 98-04-28 06:57:12 EDT, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il writes:
> Subj: Re: using bash & doskey -- ^p Write fault error writing device PRN
> Abort, Retr
> Date: 98-04-28 06:57:12 EDT
> From: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
> To: Myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
> CC: broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Myknees wrote:
>
> > Thank you and Eli Z. for the explanations. I'm still not sure why DOS
> acts
> > like that
>
> You mean, you don't know that Ctrl-P toggles the feature which causes
> each line to be echoed to the printer?
(Ahem.) No...I did not know that. I have an HP deskjet, and I had assumed
that only line printers did that, but now that I try it, it works with the
deskjet too. I had no clue. I get around in DOS, but I do realize that there
are probably serious gaps in what I know.
-- Ed (Myknees)
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