From mosquito@Athena.MIT.EDU Thu Oct 1 08:30:02 1992 From: mosquito@Athena.MIT.EDU Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 14:50:24 -0400 To: dcctdw@Athena.MIT.EDU, tlyu@Athena.MIT.EDU, rjbarbal@Athena.MIT.EDU, yandros@Athena.MIT.EDU, jweiss@Athena.MIT.EDU, pshuang@Athena.MIT.EDU, marc@Athena.MIT.EDU, eichin@Athena.MIT.EDU, marthag@Athena.MIT.EDU, winston@Athena.MIT.EDU Subject: New uses for PostScript (TM) -- Software from Hell -- Forwarded Message -- Received: from ATHENA.MIT.EDU by po5.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA27307; Tue, 8 Sep 92 14:05:57 EDT Received: from WEYL.MIT.EDU by Athena.MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA12515; Tue, 8 Sep 92 14:05:55 EDT Received: from nevanlinna (NEVANLINNA.MIT.EDU) by math.mit.edu (4.1/Math-2.0) id AA11176; Tue, 8 Sep 92 14:03:10 EDT Received: by nevanlinna; Tue, 8 Sep 92 14:05:49 EDT Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 14:05:49 EDT From: drw@BOURBAKI.MIT.EDU Message-Id: <9209081805.AA28912@nevanlinna> To: kagraves@Athena.MIT.EDU, mosquito@Athena.MIT.EDU Subject: New uses for PostScript(TM) -- Software from Hell Subject: Ordering burritos from my SPARC X-Name: Curtis Jackson From: cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) To: tanstaafl@colossus.apple.com Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 09:12:20 PDT Return-Path: Cc: cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com There is a little Mexican grocery nearby that has an assembly-line burrito operation in back. You walk down the line with the person who is making your burrito, telling them exactly what you want on it. The problem is that the place is so good and such a good value that the lines get quite long at times. So La Costena (that's a tilde n) put in a fax machine and allows you to fax in your orders. Well, we've gone a quantum leap beyond that with the following. This is NOT a joke. Ross has taken advantage of the fact that some PostScript Level 2 printers now have fax capability. Read the whole doc below when you get a chance -- it represents true burrito decadence! Curtis ====================================================== Tired of standing in line at La Costena? This file documents an automatic facility for sending a fax to La Costena that orders 1 or more burritos, quesadillas, tacos, and whatever. The command will compose the fax, and send it to your favorite PostScript fax printer, for direct transmission to La Costena, and no paper at this end will be generated. Then, when you get there, your food will be waiting. No worries. To use this, you will want to add the following lines to your .cshrc file: setenv BURRITOPRINTER = alias burrito /user/thompson/public/burrito where is dec, sun, or sparc, as appropriate. Requests to support other machine types will be greeted with enthusiasm if the following conditions are met: 1) I can get the code to compile with a minimum of effort. (I expect no difficulties, but you never know). 2) I am provided with the name of a machine on which to do the build. should be the name of a PostScript level 2 printer that supports fax and is connected to an external phone line. I use griffin, which is located in building A upstairs. However, griffin's queue has been stuck for days, and so if you have an alternative printer you can use, I recommend you use it. (Also, please let me know what it is.) I have been trying to get Andy and Ron to unstuck griffin, but they are very busy people and ordering burritos doesn't seem to be a priority with them for some reason. You will also probably want to create a .costenarc file, to define your burrito macros in. The one in /user/thompson/.costenarc is designed to stand as an example that you can use. Feel free to copy, modify, whatever. I think the syntax should be pretty straightforward, if you understand how to describe a burrito. In keeping with long standing Unix tradition, the syntax for specifying burritos is somewhat obscure. Here is an attempt at explanation, with some examples at the end. For a better understanding, the energetic reader will attempt to thoroughly comprehend the contents of my .costenarc file. burrito [-n "name"] [-t