Print command, Character key commands – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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Later Date

Pressing L at the Include prompt displays the
same File Date prompt as the Earlier Date
prompt described previously, and works the
same except

LFM

includes all files after the

date you specify.

Select All

Press S or ENTER at the Include prompt to
include all files in the directory. This option is
particularly useful if you first select all files
and then use the Exclude command described
previously to remove certain files from the
tagged list.

Ignore

Press I at the Include prompt if you do not
want to use any of its options to select files.

LFM

then prompts at the bottom of the screen

File pattern: [ *.* ]

At this prompt you can type file patterns to
use to include files. For example, type the
filename pattern *

.TXT

to include all files with

that extension in the tagged listing. See the
MS-DOS User’s Guide and Reference.

Print Command

The

LFM

Print command enables you to send the

highlighted file to your system printer or other device
connected to your computer via the

LPT

or

COM

ports. Using

F10 (SETUP), the

LFM

Setup Commands, and the

Pathnames/Options Setup screen described previously, you
can select the printer port (

LPT

parallel or

COM

serial) and

whether or not to use the

MS-DOS PRINT

command.

The

LFM

Print command prints your file as recorded, with

no pagination or perforation-skip capabilities. You must
embed the appropriate printer control characters and
escape sequences in your file to control your printer (see
your printer’s user manual). Since most applications

Character Key Commands

7-24 Laptop File Manager

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