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
'(emx win32 w32 mswindows ms-dos windows-nt
)))
38 (memq system-type
'(usg-unix-v hpux irix
)))
42 "Print Emacs buffer on line printer."
47 (defcustom printer-name
48 (and (memq system-type
'(emx ms-dos
)) "PRN")
49 "The name of a local printer to which data is sent for printing.
50 \(Note that PostScript files are sent to `ps-printer-name', which see.\)
52 On Unix-like systems, a string value should be a name understood by
53 lpr's -P option; otherwise the value should be nil.
55 On MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems, a string value is taken as the name of
56 a printer device or port, provided `lpr-command' is set to \"\".
57 Typical non-default settings would be \"LPT1\" to \"LPT3\" for parallel
58 printers, or \"COM1\" to \"COM4\" or \"AUX\" for serial printers, or
59 \"//hostname/printer\" for a shared network printer. You can also set
60 it to the name of a file, in which case the output gets appended to that
61 file. If you want to discard the printed output, set this to \"NUL\"."
62 :type
'(choice :menu-tag
"Printer Name"
64 (const :tag
"Default" nil
)
65 ;; could use string but then we lose completion for files.
70 (defcustom lpr-switches nil
71 "List of strings to pass as extra options for the printer program.
72 It is recommended to set `printer-name' instead of including an explicit
75 :type
'(repeat (string :tag
"Argument"))
78 (defcustom lpr-add-switches
(memq system-type
'(berkeley-unix gnu
/linux
))
79 "Non-nil means construct `-T' and `-J' options for the printer program.
80 These are made assuming that the program is `lpr';
81 if you are using some other incompatible printer program,
82 this variable should be nil."
86 (defcustom lpr-printer-switch
90 "Printer switch, that is, something like \"-P\", \"-d \", \"/D:\", etc.
91 This switch is used in conjunction with `printer-name'."
92 :type
'(choice :menu-tag
"Printer Name Switch"
93 :tag
"Printer Name Switch"
94 (const :tag
"None" nil
)
95 (string :tag
"Printer Switch"))
99 (defcustom lpr-command
107 "Name of program for printing a file.
109 On MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems, if the value is an empty string then
110 Emacs will write directly to the printer port named by `printer-name'.
111 The programs `print' and `nprint' (the standard print programs on
112 Windows NT and Novell Netware respectively) are handled specially, using
113 `printer-name' as the destination for output; any other program is
114 treated like `lpr' except that an explicit filename is given as the last
119 ;; Default is nil, because that enables us to use pr -f
120 ;; which is more reliable than pr with no args, which is what lpr -p does.
121 (defcustom lpr-headers-switches nil
122 "List of strings of options to request page headings in the printer program.
123 If nil, we run `lpr-page-header-program' to make page headings
124 and print the result."
125 :type
'(repeat (string :tag
"Argument"))
128 (defcustom print-region-function nil
129 "Function to call to print the region on a printer.
130 See definition of `print-region-1' for calling conventions."
131 :type
'(choice (const nil
) function
)
134 (defcustom lpr-page-header-program
"pr"
135 "Name of program for adding page headers to a file."
139 ;; Berkeley systems support -F, and GNU pr supports both -f and -F,
140 ;; So it looks like -F is a better default.
141 (defcustom lpr-page-header-switches
'("-h" "%s" "-F")
142 "List of strings to use as options for the page-header-generating program.
143 If `%s' appears in any of the strings, it is substituted by the page title.
144 Note that for correct quoting, `%s' should normally be a separate element.
145 The variable `lpr-page-header-program' specifies the program to use."
146 :type
'(repeat string
)
151 "Print buffer contents without pagination or page headers.
152 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
153 for customization of the printer command."
155 (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches nil
))
158 (defun print-buffer ()
159 "Paginate and print buffer contents.
161 The variable `lpr-headers-switches' controls how to paginate.
162 If it is nil (the default), we run the `pr' program (or whatever program
163 `lpr-page-header-program' specifies) to paginate.
164 `lpr-page-header-switches' specifies the switches for that program.
166 Otherwise, the switches in `lpr-headers-switches' are used
167 in the print command itself; we expect them to request pagination.
169 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
170 for further customization of the printer command."
172 (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches t
))
175 (defun lpr-region (start end
)
176 "Print region contents without pagination or page headers.
177 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
178 for customization of the printer command."
180 (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches nil
))
183 (defun print-region (start end
)
184 "Paginate and print the region contents.
186 The variable `lpr-headers-switches' controls how to paginate.
187 If it is nil (the default), we run the `pr' program (or whatever program
188 `lpr-page-header-program' specifies) to paginate.
189 `lpr-page-header-switches' specifies the switches for that program.
191 Otherwise, the switches in `lpr-headers-switches' are used
192 in the print command itself; we expect them to request pagination.
194 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
195 for further customization of the printer command."
197 (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches t
))
199 (defun print-region-1 (start end switches page-headers
)
200 ;; On some MIPS system, having a space in the job name
201 ;; crashes the printer demon. But using dashes looks ugly
202 ;; and it seems to annoying to do for that MIPS system.
203 (let ((name (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
204 (title (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
205 ;; Make pipes use the same coding system as
206 ;; writing the buffer to a file would.
207 (coding-system-for-write (or coding-system-for-write
208 buffer-file-coding-system
))
209 (coding-system-for-read (or coding-system-for-read
210 buffer-file-coding-system
))
215 (and page-headers lpr-headers-switches
216 ;; It's possible to use an lpr option to get page headers.
217 (setq switches
(append (if (stringp lpr-headers-switches
)
218 (list lpr-headers-switches
)
219 lpr-headers-switches
)
221 (setq nswitches
(lpr-flatten-list
222 (mapcar 'lpr-eval-switch
; Dynamic evaluation
224 switch-string
(if switches
225 (concat " with options "
226 (mapconcat 'identity switches
" "))
228 (message "Spooling%s..." switch-string
)
230 (let ((new-coords (print-region-new-buffer start end
)))
231 (setq start
(car new-coords
)
236 (setq end
(point-marker)))
237 (untabify (point-min) (point-max))))
239 (if lpr-headers-switches
240 ;; We handled this above by modifying SWITCHES.
242 ;; Run a separate program to get page headers.
243 (let ((new-coords (print-region-new-buffer start end
)))
244 (apply 'call-process-region
(car new-coords
) (cdr new-coords
)
245 lpr-page-header-program t t nil
246 (mapcar (lambda (e) (format e title
))
247 lpr-page-header-switches
)))
248 (setq start
(point-min)
250 (apply (or print-region-function
'call-process-region
)
251 (nconc (list start end lpr-command
253 (and lpr-add-switches
255 ;; These belong in pr if we are using that.
256 (and lpr-add-switches lpr-headers-switches
258 (and (stringp printer-name
)
259 (list (concat lpr-printer-switch
263 (set-marker end nil
))
264 (message "Spooling%s...done" switch-string
))))
266 ;; This function copies the text between start and end
267 ;; into a new buffer, makes that buffer current.
268 ;; It returns the new range to print from the new current buffer
271 (defun print-region-new-buffer (ostart oend
)
272 (if (string= (buffer-name) " *spool temp*")
274 (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer)))
275 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *spool temp*"))
278 (insert-buffer-substring oldbuf ostart oend
)
279 (cons (point-min) (point-max)))))
281 (defun printify-region (begin end
)
282 "Replace nonprinting characters in region with printable representations.
283 The printable representations use ^ (for ASCII control characters) or hex.
284 The characters tab, linefeed, space, return and formfeed are not affected."
288 (narrow-to-region begin end
)
289 (goto-char (point-min))
291 (while (re-search-forward "[\^@-\^h\^k\^n-\^_\177-\377]" nil t
)
292 (setq c
(preceding-char))
293 (delete-backward-char 1)
294 (insert (if (< c ?\s
)
295 (format "\\^%c" (+ c ?
@))
296 (format "\\%02x" c
))))))))
298 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
299 ;; Functions hacked from `ps-print' package.
301 ;; Dynamic evaluation
302 (defun lpr-eval-switch (arg)
303 (cond ((stringp arg
) arg
)
304 ((functionp arg
) (apply arg nil
))
305 ((symbolp arg
) (symbol-value arg
))
306 ((consp arg
) (apply (car arg
) (cdr arg
)))
309 ;; `lpr-flatten-list' is defined here (copied from "message.el" and
310 ;; enhanced to handle dotted pairs as well) until we can get some
311 ;; sensible autoloads, or `flatten-list' gets put somewhere decent.
313 ;; (lpr-flatten-list '((a . b) c (d . e) (f g h) i . j))
314 ;; => (a b c d e f g h i j)
316 (defun lpr-flatten-list (&rest list
)
317 (lpr-flatten-list-1 list
))
319 (defun lpr-flatten-list-1 (list)
323 (append (lpr-flatten-list-1 (car list
))
324 (lpr-flatten-list-1 (cdr list
))))
329 ;; arch-tag: 21c3f821-ebec-4ca9-ac67-a81e4b75c62a