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| 2 | <refentrytitle>print.ini</refentrytitle> |
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| 3 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> |
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| 4 | </refmeta> |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | <refnamediv> |
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| 7 | <refname>print.ini</refname> |
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| 8 | <refpurpose>survex printer settings |
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| 9 | </refpurpose> |
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| 10 | </refnamediv> |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | <refsect1><title>Description</title> |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | <Para> |
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| 15 | The print.ini file contains printer descriptions for |
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| 16 | the Survex printer drivers. |
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| 17 | </Para> |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | <refsect2><title>File Format</title> |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | <Para>The format of the <filename>print.ini</filename> file |
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| 22 | is similar to the <filename>.ini</filename> files used on Microsoft Windows. |
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| 23 | The file is divided into sections, each section corresponding to a separate |
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| 24 | printer description. A section starts with a section name |
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| 25 | in square brackets, e.g. aven's built-in printer support uses the |
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| 26 | aven section: |
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| 27 | </Para> |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | <screen>[aven]</screen> |
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| 30 | |
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| 31 | <Para>followed by some options of the form |
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| 32 | <option>=<setting>, e.g.:</Para> |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | <screen>font_size_labels=6</screen> |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | <Para>In the supplied <filename>print.ini</filename> each option is preceded by |
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| 37 | a comment (indicated by a semicolon ';') briefly explaining the option. |
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| 38 | </Para> |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | </refsect2> |
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| 41 | </refsect1> |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | <refsect1><Title>Customising Printer Settings</Title> |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | <Para> |
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| 46 | If you wish to change the size of the font used for labels or the colours |
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| 47 | used you need to override some of the setting in print.ini. |
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| 48 | </Para> |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | <Para>You shouldn't modify the master print.ini (located in /usr/share/survex |
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| 51 | on Unix, or in the same directory as the Survex program files on other |
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| 52 | systems), or your changes will be overwritten by upgrades. Instead create: |
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| 53 | </Para> |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | <ItemizedList> |
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| 56 | <ListItem><Para>/etc/survex/print.ini (Unix - system-wide settings)</Para></ListItem> |
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| 57 | <ListItem><Para>~/.survex/print.ini (Unix - per user settings)</Para></ListItem> |
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| 58 | <ListItem><Para>myprint.ini in the directory where Survex is installed (other platforms)</Para></ListItem> |
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| 59 | </ItemizedList> |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | <Para> |
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| 62 | If one of these files contains a setting then aven will use it instead of the |
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| 63 | setting in the master print.ini. Any settings not specified will still fall |
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| 64 | back to the values in print.ini. |
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| 65 | </Para> |
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| 66 | </refsect1> |
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