Subj : Re: moving or not was: CFBBS To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Dec 23 2019 21:20:18 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 12-Dec-2019 12:30 <=- NB>> In Emacs, ^Q will display the next ^ command on the screen... like ^L NB>> for sending a line feed (break?) to start a new page... convenient NB>> when one is writing a multipage report and wants to break to a new NB>> page early to keep the sense better in the finished product.... and NB>> seeing where you put it is very useful when you need to twiddle it a NB>> little later... ;) BM> True. To me a 'line feed' is straight down one row, (carriage BM> return) is back over to Position 1 on the same line, so a new line BM> command would be a . There is some other command or the BM> printer 'knows' what to do if it has bidirectional printing BM> capabilities. So I may have described it not very accurately... ;) In any case, that command starts a new page when it is printed... BM> ...I'll admit to being amazed at my LA50 printer: dot matrix, BM> bi-directional, so prints from left to right, drops a line, prints BM> right to left, drops a line, etc. OK, so I'm easily amused! That would be a bit amazing to watch, indeed... :) Mine's a laser printer now, so it's just watch the page spit out... ;) BM> As for the page breaks to make the text easier to read, yes. I've BM> tweaked printouts to make them look better: add an extra line between BM> paragraphs, an extra blank line at the top to center more, etc. I've been known to do that as well, as long as it didn't take too much effort.... ;) BM>>> We took some of the Christmas decoration out of the storage area last BM>>> night and put the boxes in the Living Room and Dining (/Family) Room. BM>>> "The Christmas Magic Fairy" is putting up as I type -- I stay out of BM>>> the way!! Will go down in a bit to check if anything to assist. NB>>> A group effort, of sorts... ;) That's another thing we've gotten NB>>> out of the habit of doing now that we aren't hosting the celebrations, NB>>> or having young'uns around.... BM>> We left the collection of Santa Clauses and Autumn helped displaying BM>> those. NB>> I'm sure she enjoyed doing that... :) BM> She did! She was also pleased we had a display of ornaments she had BM> made for us in previous years, just a little confused as she didn't BM> remember some of them. Some of them were from when she was very young, then...? ttyl neb .... Only listen to fortune cookie; disregard all other media. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .