1 ;;; lpr.el --- print Emacs buffer on line printer
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26 ;; Commands to send the region or a buffer to your printer. Entry points
27 ;; are `lpr-buffer', `print-buffer', `lpr-region', or `print-region'; option
28 ;; variables include `printer-name', `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'.
33 (defvar lpr-windows-system
34 (memq system-type
'(ms-dos windows-nt
))
35 "Non-nil if running on MS-DOS or MS Windows.")
39 (memq system-type
'(usg-unix-v hpux
))
40 "Non-nil if running on a system type that uses the \"lp\" command.")
44 "Print Emacs buffer on line printer."
49 (defcustom printer-name
50 (and (eq system-type
'ms-dos
) "PRN")
51 "The name of a local printer to which data is sent for printing.
52 \(Note that PostScript files are sent to `ps-printer-name', which see.)
54 On Unix-like systems, a string value should be a name understood by
55 lpr's -P option; otherwise the value should be nil.
57 On MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems, a string value is taken as the name of
58 a printer device or port, provided `lpr-command' is set to \"\".
59 Typical non-default settings would be \"LPT1\" to \"LPT3\" for parallel
60 printers, or \"COM1\" to \"COM4\" or \"AUX\" for serial printers, or
61 \"//hostname/printer\" for a shared network printer. You can also set
62 it to the name of a file, in which case the output gets appended to that
63 file. If you want to discard the printed output, set this to \"NUL\"."
64 :type
'(choice :menu-tag
"Printer Name"
66 (const :tag
"Default" nil
)
67 ;; could use string but then we lose completion for files.
72 (defcustom lpr-switches nil
73 "List of strings to pass as extra options for the printer program.
74 It is recommended to set `printer-name' instead of including an explicit
77 :type
'(repeat (string :tag
"Argument"))
80 (defcustom lpr-add-switches
(memq system-type
'(berkeley-unix gnu
/linux
))
81 "Non-nil means construct `-T' and `-J' options for the printer program.
82 These are made assuming that the program is `lpr';
83 if you are using some other incompatible printer program,
84 this variable should be nil."
88 (defcustom lpr-printer-switch
92 "Printer switch, that is, something like \"-P\", \"-d \", \"/D:\", etc.
93 This switch is used in conjunction with `printer-name'."
94 :type
'(choice :menu-tag
"Printer Name Switch"
95 :tag
"Printer Name Switch"
96 (const :tag
"None" nil
)
97 (string :tag
"Printer Switch"))
101 (defcustom lpr-command
110 "Name of program for printing a file.
112 On MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems, if the value is an empty string then
113 Emacs will write directly to the printer port named by `printer-name'.
114 The programs `print' and `nprint' (the standard print programs on
115 Windows NT and Novell Netware respectively) are handled specially, using
116 `printer-name' as the destination for output; any other program is
117 treated like `lpr' except that an explicit filename is given as the last
122 ;; Default is nil, because that enables us to use pr -f
123 ;; which is more reliable than pr with no args, which is what lpr -p does.
124 (defcustom lpr-headers-switches nil
125 "List of strings of options to request page headings in the printer program.
126 If nil, we run `lpr-page-header-program' to make page headings
127 and print the result."
128 :type
'(choice (const nil
)
129 (string :tag
"Single argument")
130 (repeat :tag
"Multiple arguments" (string :tag
"Argument")))
133 (defcustom print-region-function
134 (if (memq system-type
'(ms-dos windows-nt
))
135 #'w32-direct-print-region-function
136 #'call-process-region
)
137 "Function to call to print the region on a printer.
138 See definition of `print-region-1' for calling conventions."
142 (defcustom lpr-page-header-program
"pr"
143 "Name of program for adding page headers to a file."
147 ;; Berkeley systems support -F, and GNU pr supports both -f and -F,
148 ;; So it looks like -F is a better default.
149 (defcustom lpr-page-header-switches
'("-h" "%s" "-F")
150 "List of strings to use as options for the page-header-generating program.
151 If `%s' appears in any of the strings, it is substituted by the page title.
152 Note that for correct quoting, `%s' should normally be a separate element.
153 The variable `lpr-page-header-program' specifies the program to use."
154 :type
'(repeat string
)
159 "Print buffer contents without pagination or page headers.
160 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
161 for customization of the printer command."
163 (unless (y-or-n-p "Send current buffer to default printer? ")
165 (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches nil
))
168 (defun print-buffer ()
169 "Paginate and print buffer contents.
171 The variable `lpr-headers-switches' controls how to paginate.
172 If it is nil (the default), we run the `pr' program (or whatever program
173 `lpr-page-header-program' specifies) to paginate.
174 `lpr-page-header-switches' specifies the switches for that program.
176 Otherwise, the switches in `lpr-headers-switches' are used
177 in the print command itself; we expect them to request pagination.
179 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
180 for further customization of the printer command."
182 (unless (y-or-n-p "Send current buffer to default printer? ")
184 (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches t
))
187 (defun lpr-region (start end
)
188 "Print region contents without pagination or page headers.
189 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
190 for customization of the printer command."
192 (if (y-or-n-p "Send selected text to default printer? ")
193 (list (region-beginning) (region-end))
195 (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches nil
))
198 (defun print-region (start end
)
199 "Paginate and print the region contents.
201 The variable `lpr-headers-switches' controls how to paginate.
202 If it is nil (the default), we run the `pr' program (or whatever program
203 `lpr-page-header-program' specifies) to paginate.
204 `lpr-page-header-switches' specifies the switches for that program.
206 Otherwise, the switches in `lpr-headers-switches' are used
207 in the print command itself; we expect them to request pagination.
209 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
210 for further customization of the printer command."
212 (if (y-or-n-p "Send selected text to default printer? ")
213 (list (region-beginning) (region-end))
215 (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches t
))
217 (defun print-region-1 (start end switches page-headers
)
218 (and page-headers lpr-headers-switches
219 ;; It's possible to use an lpr option to get page headers.
220 (setq switches
(append (if (stringp lpr-headers-switches
)
221 (list lpr-headers-switches
)
222 lpr-headers-switches
)
224 ;; On some MIPS system, having a space in the job name
225 ;; crashes the printer demon. But using dashes looks ugly
226 ;; and it seems to annoying to do for that MIPS system.
228 (let ((name (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
229 ;; Make pipes use the same coding system as
230 ;; writing the buffer to a file would.
231 (coding-system-for-write (or coding-system-for-write
232 buffer-file-coding-system
))
233 (coding-system-for-read (or coding-system-for-read
234 buffer-file-coding-system
))
237 (let ((new-coords (print-region-new-buffer start end
)))
238 (setq start
(car new-coords
)
243 (setq end
(point-marker)))
244 (untabify (point-min) (point-max))))
246 (if lpr-headers-switches
247 ;; We handled this above by modifying SWITCHES.
249 ;; Run a separate program to get page headers.
250 (let ((new-coords (print-region-new-buffer start end
)))
251 (apply 'call-process-region
(car new-coords
) (cdr new-coords
)
252 lpr-page-header-program t t nil
253 (mapcar (lambda (e) (format e name
))
254 lpr-page-header-switches
)))
255 (setq start
(point-min)
257 (lpr-print-region start end switches name
))))
259 (defun lpr-print-region (start end switches name
)
260 (let ((buf (current-buffer))
261 (nswitches (lpr-flatten-list
262 (mapcar #'lpr-eval-switch
; Dynamic evaluation
264 (switch-string (if switches
265 (concat " with options "
266 (mapconcat #'identity switches
" "))
268 (message "Spooling%s..." switch-string
)
271 (let ((tempbuf (current-buffer)))
272 (with-current-buffer buf
273 (apply (or print-region-function
'call-process-region
)
274 start end lpr-command
276 (nconc (and name lpr-add-switches
278 ;; These belong in pr if we are using that.
279 (and name lpr-add-switches lpr-headers-switches
281 (and (stringp printer-name
)
282 (string< "" printer-name
)
283 (list (concat lpr-printer-switch
287 (set-marker end nil
))
288 (funcall (if (memq retval
'(nil 0)) #'message
#'user-error
)
289 "Spooling%s...done%s%s" switch-string
290 (pcase (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))
296 ;; This function copies the text between start and end
297 ;; into a new buffer, makes that buffer current.
298 ;; It returns the new range to print from the new current buffer
301 (defun print-region-new-buffer (ostart oend
)
302 (if (string= (buffer-name) " *spool temp*")
304 (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer)))
305 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *spool temp*"))
308 (insert-buffer-substring oldbuf ostart oend
)
309 (cons (point-min) (point-max)))))
311 (defun printify-region (begin end
)
312 "Replace nonprinting characters in region with printable representations.
313 The printable representations use ^ (for ASCII control characters) or hex.
314 The characters tab, linefeed, space, return and formfeed are not affected."
318 (narrow-to-region begin end
)
319 (goto-char (point-min))
321 (while (re-search-forward "[\^@-\^h\^k\^n-\^_\177-\377]" nil t
)
322 (setq c
(preceding-char))
324 (insert (if (< c ?\s
)
325 (format "\\^%c" (+ c ?
@))
326 (format "\\%02x" c
))))))))
328 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
329 ;; Functions hacked from `ps-print' package.
331 ;; Dynamic evaluation
332 (defun lpr-eval-switch (arg)
333 (cond ((stringp arg
) arg
)
334 ((functionp arg
) (funcall arg
))
335 ((symbolp arg
) (symbol-value arg
))
336 ((consp arg
) (apply (car arg
) (cdr arg
)))
339 ;; `lpr-flatten-list' is defined here (copied from "message.el" and
340 ;; enhanced to handle dotted pairs as well) until we can get some
341 ;; sensible autoloads, or `flatten-list' gets put somewhere decent.
343 ;; (lpr-flatten-list '((a . b) c (d . e) (f g h) i . j))
344 ;; => (a b c d e f g h i j)
346 (defun lpr-flatten-list (&rest list
)
347 (lpr-flatten-list-1 list
))
349 (defun lpr-flatten-list-1 (list)
353 (append (lpr-flatten-list-1 (car list
))
354 (lpr-flatten-list-1 (cdr list
))))