: -----Original Message-----
: From: David E. Lupo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 13:44
: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Subject: RE: automation -- or, escaping the GUI -- SUMMARY so far
:
:
: If you want Perl to generate a file that can be turned into Postscript,
: don't overlook that old stand-by groff. I've used a perl script to
: generate groff source for 1000+ page reports.
:
: One of groff's nice features is that you can use the -o option to
: print only a subset of the pages--very useful if you have to re-run
: a report because the printer jammed on page 999.
:
: At 12:15 PM 1/24/00 -0600, Fred W. Noltie Jr. wrote:
[snipped]
Can groff do tables, with horizontal and vertical ruled lines? I don't mean
using the pipe character or '---' or underscores; I mean actual ruled lines.
If it can, I'll put it into the bin for consideration.
Thanks for the input!
Fred Noltie
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