[8808] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.3P: maple
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ckmoriar@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jan 8 00:46:16 1992
From: ckmoriar@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 92 00:46:01 EST
System name: M66-080-14
Type and version: VAXSTAR 7.3P
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
Plot a graph and print it out.
What's wrong:
There's nothing wrong with the program, it's just that the
default is to plot graphs in reverse video. The only way I could find
to print out my graph was with a screen dump. Since I've been in
situations where I really needed a printout quickly and the printer
wasn't working, I feel terrible wasting toner like that.
Last night I watched someone make at least a dozen maple
printouts in reverse video on Pindar. I wanted to tell him not to do
that but I didn't know what to tell him. Pindar has been printing
beautifully since I returned from vacation and I hate to see that ruined
by a single person in one night.
What should have happened:
Default should be black on white and printing instructions should
be more obvious.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
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