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A-Shell Development History

Print filter enhancement: The printer init statement COMMAND=SBX:filter,... now supports two optional macro arguments, $PREFIX and $SUFFIX, which evaluate to the current prefix and suffix options. For example, given the following printer init file:

DEVICE=TEST

COMMAND=SBX:PFILTR,$PREFIX,$SUFFIX

PREFIX=TEST.PFX

SUFFIX=TEST.SFX

 

the print filter PFILTR.SBX would receive "TEST.PFX" and "TEST.SFX" as the 7th and 8th arguments. The first 6 arguments to a printer filter are always preset to STS,FSPEC,PRINTER,SWITCHES,COPIES and FORM.