1 ;;; lpr.el --- print Emacs buffer on line printer.
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27 ;; Commands to send the region or a buffer to your printer. Entry points
28 ;; are `lpr-buffer', `print-buffer', lpr-region', or `print-region'; option
29 ;; variables include `printer-name', `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'.
34 (defvar lpr-windows-system
35 (memq system-type
'(emx win32 w32 mswindows ms-dos windows-nt
)))
39 (memq system-type
'(usg-unix-v dgux hpux irix
)))
43 "Print Emacs buffer on line printer"
48 (defcustom printer-name
49 (and lpr-windows-system
"PRN")
50 "*The name of a local printer to which data is sent for printing.
51 \(Note that PostScript files are sent to `ps-printer-name', which see.\)
53 On Unix-like systems, a string value should be a name understood by
54 lpr's -P option; otherwise the value should be nil.
56 On MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems, a string value is taken as the name of
57 a printer device or port, provided `lpr-command' is set to \"\".
58 Typical non-default settings would be \"LPT1\" to \"LPT3\" for parallel
59 printers, or \"COM1\" to \"COM4\" or \"AUX\" for serial printers, or
60 \"//hostname/printer\" for a shared network printer. You can also set
61 it to the name of a file, in which case the output gets appended to that
62 file. If you want to discard the printed output, set this to \"NUL\"."
63 :type
'(choice :menu-tag
"Printer Name"
65 (const :tag
"Default" nil
)
66 ;; could use string but then we lose completion for files.
71 (defcustom lpr-switches nil
72 "*List of strings to pass as extra options for the printer program.
73 It is recommended to set `printer-name' instead of including an explicit
76 :type
'(repeat (string :tag
"Argument"))
79 (defcustom lpr-add-switches
(eq system-type
'berkeley-unix
)
80 "*Non-nil means construct -T and -J options for the printer program.
81 These are made assuming that the program is `lpr';
82 if you are using some other incompatible printer program,
83 this variable should be nil."
87 (defcustom lpr-printer-switch
91 "*Printer switch, that is, something like \"-P\", \"-d \", \"/D:\", etc.
92 This switch is used in conjunction with `printer-name'."
93 :type
'(choice :menu-tag
"Printer Name Switch"
94 :tag
"Printer Name Switch"
95 (const :tag
"None" nil
)
96 (string :tag
"Printer Switch"))
100 (defcustom lpr-command
108 "*Name of program for printing a file.
110 On MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems, if the value is an empty string then
111 Emacs will write directly to the printer port named by `printer-name'.
112 The programs `print' and `nprint' (the standard print programs on
113 Windows NT and Novell Netware respectively) are handled specially, using
114 `printer-name' as the destination for output; any other program is
115 treated like `lpr' except that an explicit filename is given as the last
120 ;; Default is nil, because that enables us to use pr -f
121 ;; which is more reliable than pr with no args, which is what lpr -p does.
122 (defcustom lpr-headers-switches nil
123 "*List of strings of options to request page headings in the printer program.
124 If nil, we run `lpr-page-header-program' to make page headings
125 and print the result."
126 :type
'(repeat (string :tag
"Argument"))
129 (defcustom print-region-function nil
130 "Function to call to print the region on a printer.
131 See definition of `print-region-1' for calling conventions."
135 (defcustom lpr-page-header-program
"pr"
136 "*Name of program for adding page headers to a file."
140 ;; Berkeley systems support -F, and GNU pr supports both -f and -F,
141 ;; So it looks like -F is a better default.
142 (defcustom lpr-page-header-switches
'("-h" "-F")
143 "*List of strings to use as options for the page-header-generating program.
144 The variable `lpr-page-header-program' specifies the program to use."
145 :type
'(repeat string
)
150 "Print buffer contents without pagination or page headers.
151 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
152 for customization of the printer command."
154 (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches nil
))
157 (defun print-buffer ()
158 "Paginate and print buffer contents.
160 The variable `lpr-headers-switches' controls how to paginate.
161 If it is nil (the default), we run the `pr' program (or whatever program
162 `lpr-page-header-program' specifies) to paginate.
163 `lpr-page-header-switches' specifies the switches for that program.
165 Otherwise, the switches in `lpr-headers-switches' are used
166 in the print command itself; we expect them to request pagination.
168 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
169 for further customization of the printer command."
171 (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches t
))
174 (defun lpr-region (start end
)
175 "Print region contents without pagination or page headers.
176 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
177 for customization of the printer command."
179 (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches nil
))
182 (defun print-region (start end
)
183 "Paginate and print the region contents.
185 The variable `lpr-headers-switches' controls how to paginate.
186 If it is nil (the default), we run the `pr' program (or whatever program
187 `lpr-page-header-program' specifies) to paginate.
188 `lpr-page-header-switches' specifies the switches for that program.
190 Otherwise, the switches in `lpr-headers-switches' are used
191 in the print command itself; we expect them to request pagination.
193 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
194 for further customization of the printer command."
196 (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches t
))
198 (defun print-region-1 (start end switches page-headers
)
199 ;; On some MIPS system, having a space in the job name
200 ;; crashes the printer demon. But using dashes looks ugly
201 ;; and it seems to annoying to do for that MIPS system.
202 (let ((name (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
203 (title (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
204 ;; Make pipes use the same coding system as
205 ;; writing the buffer to a file would.
206 (coding-system-for-write (or coding-system-for-write
207 buffer-file-coding-system
))
208 (coding-system-for-read (or coding-system-for-read
209 buffer-file-coding-system
))
214 (and page-headers lpr-headers-switches
215 ;; It's possible to use an lpr option to get page headers.
216 (setq switches
(append (if (stringp lpr-headers-switches
)
217 (list lpr-headers-switches
)
218 lpr-headers-switches
)
220 (setq nswitches
(lpr-flatten-list
221 (mapcar 'lpr-eval-switch
; Dynamic evaluation
223 switch-string
(if switches
224 (concat " with options "
225 (mapconcat 'identity switches
" "))
227 (message "Spooling%s..." switch-string
)
229 (let ((new-coords (print-region-new-buffer start end
)))
230 (setq start
(car new-coords
)
235 (setq end
(point-marker)))
236 (untabify (point-min) (point-max))))
238 (if lpr-headers-switches
239 ;; We handled this above by modifying SWITCHES.
241 ;; Run a separate program to get page headers.
242 (let ((new-coords (print-region-new-buffer start end
)))
243 (apply 'call-process-region
(car new-coords
) (cdr new-coords
)
244 lpr-page-header-program t t nil
245 lpr-page-header-switches
))
246 (setq start
(point-min)
248 (apply (or print-region-function
'call-process-region
)
249 (nconc (list start end lpr-command
251 (and lpr-add-switches
253 ;; These belong in pr if we are using that.
254 (and lpr-add-switches lpr-headers-switches
256 (and (stringp printer-name
)
257 (list (concat lpr-printer-switch
261 (set-marker end nil
))
262 (message "Spooling%s...done" switch-string
))))
264 ;; This function copies the text between start and end
265 ;; into a new buffer, makes that buffer current.
266 ;; It returns the new range to print from the new current buffer
269 (defun print-region-new-buffer (ostart oend
)
270 (if (string= (buffer-name) " *spool temp*")
272 (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer)))
273 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *spool temp*"))
276 (insert-buffer-substring oldbuf ostart oend
)
277 (cons (point-min) (point-max)))))
279 (defun printify-region (begin end
)
280 "Replace nonprinting characters in region with printable representations.
281 The printable representations use ^ (for ASCII control characters) or hex.
282 The characters tab, linefeed, space, return and formfeed are not affected."
287 (while (re-search-forward "[\^@-\^h\^k\^n-\^_\177-\377]" end t
)
288 (setq c
(preceding-char))
289 (delete-backward-char 1)
290 (insert (if (< c ?\
)
291 (format "\\^%c" (+ c ?
@))
292 (format "\\%02x" c
)))))))
294 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
295 ;; Functions hacked from `ps-print' package.
297 ;; Dynamic evaluation
298 (defun lpr-eval-switch (arg)
299 (cond ((stringp arg
) arg
)
300 ((functionp arg
) (apply arg nil
))
301 ((symbolp arg
) (symbol-value arg
))
302 ((consp arg
) (apply (car arg
) (cdr arg
)))
305 ;; `lpr-flatten-list' is defined here (copied from "message.el" and
306 ;; enhanced to handle dotted pairs as well) until we can get some
307 ;; sensible autoloads, or `flatten-list' gets put somewhere decent.
309 ;; (lpr-flatten-list '((a . b) c (d . e) (f g h) i . j))
310 ;; => (a b c d e f g h i j)
312 (defun lpr-flatten-list (&rest list
)
313 (lpr-flatten-list-1 list
))
315 (defun lpr-flatten-list-1 (list)
319 (append (lpr-flatten-list-1 (car list
))
320 (lpr-flatten-list-1 (cdr list
))))