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Bruce_Ingalls |
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Default printer |
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Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:04:54 GMT |
I recently posted code on gnu.emacs.sources, on how to determine the
default printer on modern Microsoft Windows systems.
This code could certainly be improved, to, say, list *all* known printers,
for M-x customize to select from. I'm sure one of our inclined readers
could do this far more efficiently, than could I.
Any thoughts, on good strategies for determining default printers, or
lists of known printers, on (GNU) Linux compatible systems, (e.g. Solaris,
BSD), or on OSX, VMS, etc?
Should we leave /dev/lp0 as a good guess?
How about scanning /etc/printcap?
I suspect Red Hat leaves something in /etc/sysconfig/
What about CUPS & IPP?
While my intent is to use this, to make Emacs easier to use, perhaps I
should ask this on comp.unix.shell, or other suggestion?
Thanks, Bruce.
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