> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 20:39:58 +0000 > From: p...@draigbrady.com > To: williamba...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [patch] add a compact header format to pr > > On 09/12/14 00:25, William Bader wrote: >> The attached patch adds a --compact option to pr that creates a 2 line >> header and 0 line footer instead of the default 5 line header and 5 line >> footer. >> >> This allows the normal header line with the file name, date and page number >> without wasting 8 lines per page. >> >> The alternatives would be 1) re-implementing pr in awk or another scripting >> language or 2) running pr with an increased -l and then post-processing the >> output. >> >> I have also stored the patch at >> http://williambader.com/pat/coreutils-8.23.pat > > I'm on the fence as to whether this is needed. > If you were to do it, you'd probably have a configurable padding? > > pr defaults to outputting 66 lines per page (standard line printer page size), > and the headers are set accordingly. Therefore if changing the header/footer > size, you'd probably also have to output correspondingly more content per > page. > Also -t being enabled for -l <=10 would probably have to be adjusted down. > Also probably best not to use a short -z option, and just go with the long > option. > > thanks for the patch, > Pádraig.
Yes, I want to keep 66 lines per page but save paper by outputting 2 lines of header + 64 lines of content instead of 5 lines of header + 5 lines of footer + 56 lines of content. If there is a chance that the patch would be accepted, I would make any additional changes that you recommend, for example, adjusting the test to enable -t if -l is small. Making the number of header and footer lines configurable might require three parameters: number of header lines above the header text, number of header lines below the header text, and number of footer lines. I could do that if you want, but I am not sure if it would be overkill. The standard defines the 5 line header and 5 line footer format. http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pr.html#tag_20_93 Regards, William
