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authorDavid E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-18 09:21:10 +0000
committerDavid E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-18 09:21:10 +0000
commit3949584ae909de184fbb912a9477656bf4b3e47c (patch)
tree85dbaaa8ca4aebea78f6cc1c88f4d21f814e1815 /print
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Don't send the generated output to the printer by default.
Sending the file by default to the printer is (IMHO): . counter-intuitive; the name a2ps suggests that the tool converts ASCII (plus other files) to Postscript, but it by no means gives a hint that it would print something without asking, . violating the Unix way; we've got pipes, and people are used to use them when they want to print something (IMHO there isn't even a good reason for adding all the -P bloat to a2ps at all, but of course, i don't suggest changing _that_), . contradictionary to all the documentation about a2ps since the docs tell you that it would only start printing if a -P or -c option is being provided, . a waste of paper for the brave user who starts the program in the innocent assumption to get just a Postscript file out of it. Not objected by: ports@freebsd.org, maintainer Submitted by: joerg
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=42698
Diffstat (limited to 'print')
-rw-r--r--print/a2ps-letter/files/patch-printers.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/print/a2ps-letter/files/patch-printers.c b/print/a2ps-letter/files/patch-printers.c
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index 000000000000..943fc6445a24
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+++ b/print/a2ps-letter/files/patch-printers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- lib/printers.c.orig Tue Oct 12 00:01:59 1999
++++ lib/printers.c Wed May 2 11:23:25 2001
+@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@
+ res->ppd = NULL; /* Printer's ppd are not read yet */
+
+ /* Output */
+- /* Default is to send to default printer */
+- res->flag_output_is_printer = true;
++ /* Default is to send to stdout */
++ res->flag_output_is_printer = false;
+ res->flag_output_name = NULL;
+ res->output_is_file = true;
+ res->output_name = NULL;