[LCP]reg serial communication in linux.

[James Attard]

Greg wrote:

> And if all you can do is be abusive when you get an answer you
> don't like, then you need to grow up a bit.  Nobody owes you
> anything, and nobody has to give you answers that you'll like,
> especially when you don't ask good questions.

For every action there's an equal but opposite reaction, stated Sir Isaac
Newton.

Have a nice day, and remember that life can smile to you as well.

James.



> On 2003-10-14, James Attard wrote:
>
>> You haven't answered my question. Seems like you haven't done this
>> before.
>
> You didn't ask a real question; it's not my problem if you don't
> like the answer.  You can't possibly infer what I know from this
> kind of exchange.  I've done this so often that my eyes glaze
> over at the thought of it.
>
>> I'm only asking those who have
>> experience in the field who can tell me "Well most of the printers which
>> communicate with serial devices use raw data" or "Look, normally they
>> accept already processed (canonical) data" together with a valid reason.
>
> The printer manuals have this information; the reasons for their
> choices are valid for them, so that's all you need to know.
>
> In  my experience, most printers accept either; you tell them
> what you're doing, either by hardware switches or in software,
> and they are happy.  But that's not really going to help you.
>
> Asking about "most printers" simply makes no sense.  Most days
> here are sunny, but that doesn't mean I'll never need heating.
> What matters is the behaviour of the specific printer that you
> need to deal with.  Read its documentation, then write your
> code.
>
> And if all you can do is be abusive when you get an answer you
> don't like, then you need to grow up a bit.  Nobody owes you
> anything, and nobody has to give you answers that you'll like,
> especially when you don't ask good questions.
>
> Greg
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