mjy@wurlitzer.East.Sun.COM (Michael J. Yoffee - NASE - NYNEX BC - Atlanta) (11/15/90)
I have a filter called "mp" which is a basic "pretty print" program. It simply takes input from stdin; wraps some postscript around the input; and outputs the "wrapped" data to stdout. For some reason (as of 7.1.0), this works fine when using the curses interface but, NOT when using the sunview interface on a 386i running SunOS 4.0.2. The following (2) lines in my .mailrc seem to do the trick - at least for the curses version: set printer=lw set print_cmd='mp | lpr' Any ideas? thanks in advance, -- Michael +---------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | UUCP: ..!{gatech,emory,sun}!sunatl!mjy | Michael J. Yoffee | | Internet: michael.yoffee@east.sun.com | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | | Voice: (404) 392-6060 | Suite 470 | | Facsimile: (404) 392-6066 | 2 Ravinia Drive | | | Atlanta, Georgia 30346 | |---------------------------------------------+----------------------------| | -- These concepts fill a much needed gap. {Ken Thompson} | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller) (11/16/90)
In article <9011142125.AA17751@wurlitzer.East.Sun.COM> mjy@wurlitzer.East.Sun.COM (Michael J. Yoffee - NASE - NYNEX BC - Atlanta) writes: > I have a filter called "mp" which is a basic "pretty print" > program. It simply takes input from stdin; wraps some postscript > around the input; and outputs the "wrapped" data to stdout. > For some reason (as of 7.1.0), this works fine when using the curses > interface but, NOT when using the sunview interface on a 386i running > SunOS 4.0.2. The following (2) lines in my .mailrc seem to do the > trick - at least for the curses version: > > set printer=lw > set print_cmd='mp | lpr' The exact same code is executed for all modes: tty, curses and sunview. If you get different results in any of the modes, I suspect you have an "if tool" somewhere.... -- dan ---------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly && Associates argv@sun.com / argv@ora.com Opinions expressed reflect those of the author only.
schaefer@ogicse.ogi.edu (Barton E. Schaefer) (11/16/90)
In article <9011142125.AA17751@wurlitzer.East.Sun.COM> mjy@wurlitzer.East.Sun.COM (Michael J. Yoffee - NASE - NYNEX BC - Atlanta) writes: } For some reason (as of 7.1.0), this works fine when using the curses } interface but, NOT when using the sunview interface on a 386i running } SunOS 4.0.2. The following (2) lines in my .mailrc seem to do the } trick - at least for the curses version: } } set printer=lw } set print_cmd='mp | lpr' } } Any ideas? The SunView interface for the <Printer> button makes a call to the line-mode lpr command, exactly as if you had run mush in line mode and typed "lpr 7" (fill in your Range: field where 7 appears in the example). Do you perhaps have "cmd lpr ..." somewhere in an init file? If so, the tool will call that cmd instead of the actual lpr, which might cause the setting of $printer to be changed or ignored. -- Bart Schaefer schaefer@cse.ogi.edu ZipCode Software Corporation schaefer@zipcode.com