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Better way to print

Started by 072608, 12 December 2012 - 10:08 AM
072608 #1
Posted 12 December 2012 - 11:08 AM
I just think that printing a programs are useful,but there should a way of just printing like a document like microsoft word
& an api for it
Bubba #2
Posted 12 December 2012 - 11:10 AM
I just think that printing a programs are useful,but there should a way of just printing like a document like microsoft word
& an api for it

Write your own program to do it. I think Cloudy has said this before but the purpose of ComputerCraft is not to give you everything you want, it's to give you the tools to create what you want.
OmegaVest #3
Posted 12 December 2012 - 11:10 AM
… You know that the Edit program can be used for things other than programs, right? And that there is a printer api when you connect and subsequently wrap the printer. And that you can make your own program baed on that. I'm sure there's someone in the Programs forum who has, actually.
072608 #4
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:29 PM
What I meant was that there needs to a special thing just for making documents because there no way just typeing the document and opening it
what I mean is that it needs it's own word processor not program editor :C
Sammich Lord #5
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:35 PM
The edit program is a word processor, you don't need to use it for only writing Lua scripts.
Remember that ComputerCraft is about giving you the tools to create something epic, not create that epic thing for you.
dissy #6
Posted 12 December 2012 - 05:11 PM
What I meant was that there needs to a special thing just for making documents
Why? There already is, "edit"

because there no way just typeing the document and opening it
Sure there is.

what I mean is that it needs it's own word processor not program editor :C
What is the difference? They are the same exact thing.
Documents are text, programs are text. text is text.