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authorjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-16 17:42:10 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-16 17:42:10 +0000
commit0070a5bed08c479bea93b06760546c281aa59653 (patch)
tree678cccf234c6a49c7be5619448411748654fd949 /print/a2ps-letter
parente71c5eaebb7cf50262443e7c669c8f644e79373e (diff)
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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
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diff --git a/print/a2ps-letter/files/patch-nodefaultprint b/print/a2ps-letter/files/patch-nodefaultprint
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+--- 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;
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