Re: Bug 2164 fix for PRINTER

From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jan 18 2004 - 01:03:50 EST

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    Ok, we handle this "properly" now. Please backport.

    Dom

    --- Raphael Finkel <raphael_at_cs.uky.edu> wrote:
    > > We follow the unix environment variable "PRINTER"
    > now,
    > > if it exists, and if not, fall back to "lpr".
    >
    > I think there is a slight misunderstanding here.
    > Unix programs that use
    > PRINTER use it to name the default printer, not the
    > default printing
    > command. So if PRINTER is set, the "lpr" command
    > will direct output to
    > the specified printer instead of an
    > installation-dependent default.
    >
    > In order to make Dom's fix work for me, as I read
    > it, I would need to
    > set PRINTER to "lpr -Pmyprinter" instead of
    > "myprinter", which is how it
    > is currently set.
    >
    > Raphael

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