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There is MCS support for the line-printer/terminal device-converter,
but we forgot to give you any easy way to get at it. What you must
do is add one line to the entry for TERMINAL, MAIL, and LINE in
DOC$STANDARD_FORMATS:DOC$DESTINATIONS.DAT. The line should be as
follows: "parameter presence MULTINATIONAL_CHARACTER_SET" and
should be put at the very bottom of the entry. PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL
in doing this, because DOC$DESTINATIONS.DAT is a fragile file.
Below is a sample entry, in the form you will want.
DESTINATION TERMINAL LPR -
/dvi_filetype=.DVI_LINE -
/exclude_action=(print) -
/fonts_filetype=.LINE_FONTS -
/format_file=SDMLLPR -
/output_filetype=.TERM -
/special_characters=TEX$LPCHARS
parameter number HORIZONTAL_OFFSET
parameter number VERTICAL_OFFSET
parameter string STARTING_PAGE
parameter string ENDING_PAGE
parameter number NUMBER_OF_PAGES
parameter number /value=2
parameter presence MULTINATIONAL_CHARACTER_SET
Once you have done this, you may type:
DOCUMENT TEST S.R TERM/dev=multinational
and get what you are after.
The reason for the confusion arises from the fact that we must still
support 7-bit terminals in the U.S. We needed to provide the 7-bit
terminals with a fall-back mechanism. This mechanism is described
in the DEC standards (# 169 I believe). Unfortunately, we forgot
to make it easy for our loyal Europeans to use the MCS they know
and love. Sorry for any confusion.
David
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| Someone should do their homework on DEC STD 169: applications are
required to support DEC Multinational, system ports are required
to provide fallback mechanisms: the versions of VMS that VAX Document
is intended for (cf. SPD) all support sufficient fallback mechanisms
to 7-bit ASCII (viz. $SET TERM/FALLBACK).
DEC MCS should be the default for the device-converters in question,
not ASCII-7.
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