Does the gf77 compiler support the fortran 4 language level? Thanks, Rod
> > I need to mail merge a letter that then gets printed on my >> VSE line printer. >> We have been using an old Fortran program for this. > >If you've got the source to the Fortran program and you don't want to change >anything, the steps will look something like this: > >Install the gf77 compiler on Linux. >FTP the Fortran source to Linux and the data files and compile the Fortran >with gf77 program.f >If the program uses unit number-based I/O you'll need to read the GF77 docs >to indicate how to associate files with unit numbers, or modify the Fortran >to explicitly open the file and associate it with a unit number. >Run the program. >Print the output with LPR. > >If you don't mind some additional changes (and want a nicer looking letter), >you may want to modify your Fortran program to emit troff commands (troff is >a text formatter like DCF) to make the letters and then postprocess the >output file with troff. troff will allow you to use all the features of >your printer, produce Postscript or PCL output, and generate a lot of useful >other stuff. There are macro packages included with troff (I'd suggest >using the mm macros-- they're easy and well documented.) Your output letter >might look like: > >.MT 5 >.ND date of letter >.WA writers name >return address >.WE >.IA >recipients address >.IE >.LO RN " in reference string" >.LO AT attention line >.LO SA salutation >.LO SJ subject line >.LT >.P >text of the letter with .P on a line by itself between paragraphs >.FC >text of closing > >and then you run the output file through 'troff -mm output.file | dvips | >lpr -Pyour fave printer' and you get a very nicely formatted letter to print >on your postscript printer. If you want plain text, use dvitty instead of >dvips. The MM macros do the work of formatting and constructing the letter. >See the AT&T Documentor's Workshop manuals or "man mm" for details. > >-- db -- Rod Clayton KA3BHY Systems Programmer Howard County Public Schools [EMAIL PROTECTED]
