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As long as you are using an ANSI or VT102 -or- better
terminal, software should be able to print using ANSI
commands. The terminal has nothing to do with what
you tell Unix your terminal type is (usually you tell it
you're a vt100), but rather with
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what kinds of terminals your communications software
emulates
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which one of these you've selected and activated (vt102 or
greater, if possible)
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how well your program does that emulation
Some programs do just fine at handling the ANSI commands to
print/not-print. Others just ignore them. For instance, on
the Mac, any program that makes use of Apple's VT102
Tool (and a LOT of Mac programs do, including
MSWorks and Claris Works) will not print in response to
pine's Y or %
command. The VT102 Tool is an antique that
was written when computers had little memory, and to save
space, the authors apparently left out the printing
capabilities.
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