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'.
32 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl
))
35 (defvar lpr-windows-system
36 (memq system-type
'(ms-dos windows-nt
)))
40 (memq system-type
'(usg-unix-v hpux irix
)))
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
'(repeat (string :tag
"Argument"))
131 (defcustom print-region-function nil
132 "Function to call to print the region on a printer.
133 See definition of `print-region-1' for calling conventions."
134 :type
'(choice (const nil
) function
)
137 (defcustom lpr-page-header-program
"pr"
138 "Name of program for adding page headers to a file."
142 ;; Berkeley systems support -F, and GNU pr supports both -f and -F,
143 ;; So it looks like -F is a better default.
144 (defcustom lpr-page-header-switches
'("-h" "%s" "-F")
145 "List of strings to use as options for the page-header-generating program.
146 If `%s' appears in any of the strings, it is substituted by the page title.
147 Note that for correct quoting, `%s' should normally be a separate element.
148 The variable `lpr-page-header-program' specifies the program to use."
149 :type
'(repeat string
)
154 "Print buffer contents without pagination or page headers.
155 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
156 for customization of the printer command."
158 (unless (y-or-n-p "Send current buffer to default printer? ")
159 (error "Cancelled")))
160 (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches nil
))
163 (defun print-buffer ()
164 "Paginate and print buffer contents.
166 The variable `lpr-headers-switches' controls how to paginate.
167 If it is nil (the default), we run the `pr' program (or whatever program
168 `lpr-page-header-program' specifies) to paginate.
169 `lpr-page-header-switches' specifies the switches for that program.
171 Otherwise, the switches in `lpr-headers-switches' are used
172 in the print command itself; we expect them to request pagination.
174 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
175 for further customization of the printer command."
177 (unless (y-or-n-p "Send current buffer to default printer? ")
178 (error "Cancelled")))
179 (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches t
))
182 (defun lpr-region (start end
)
183 "Print region contents without pagination or page headers.
184 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
185 for customization of the printer command."
187 (if (y-or-n-p "Send selected text to default printer? ")
188 (list (region-beginning) (region-end))
189 (error "Cancelled")))
190 (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches nil
))
193 (defun print-region (start end
)
194 "Paginate and print the region contents.
196 The variable `lpr-headers-switches' controls how to paginate.
197 If it is nil (the default), we run the `pr' program (or whatever program
198 `lpr-page-header-program' specifies) to paginate.
199 `lpr-page-header-switches' specifies the switches for that program.
201 Otherwise, the switches in `lpr-headers-switches' are used
202 in the print command itself; we expect them to request pagination.
204 See the variables `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'
205 for further customization of the printer command."
207 (if (y-or-n-p "Send selected text to default printer? ")
208 (list (region-beginning) (region-end))
209 (error "Cancelled")))
210 (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches t
))
212 (defun print-region-1 (start end switches page-headers
)
213 ;; On some MIPS system, having a space in the job name
214 ;; crashes the printer demon. But using dashes looks ugly
215 ;; and it seems to annoying to do for that MIPS system.
216 (let ((name (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
217 (title (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
218 ;; Make pipes use the same coding system as
219 ;; writing the buffer to a file would.
220 (coding-system-for-write (or coding-system-for-write
221 buffer-file-coding-system
))
222 (coding-system-for-read (or coding-system-for-read
223 buffer-file-coding-system
))
228 (and page-headers lpr-headers-switches
229 ;; It's possible to use an lpr option to get page headers.
230 (setq switches
(append (if (stringp lpr-headers-switches
)
231 (list lpr-headers-switches
)
232 lpr-headers-switches
)
234 (setq nswitches
(lpr-flatten-list
235 (mapcar 'lpr-eval-switch
; Dynamic evaluation
237 switch-string
(if switches
238 (concat " with options "
239 (mapconcat 'identity switches
" "))
241 (message "Spooling%s..." switch-string
)
243 (let ((new-coords (print-region-new-buffer start end
)))
244 (setq start
(car new-coords
)
249 (setq end
(point-marker)))
250 (untabify (point-min) (point-max))))
252 (if lpr-headers-switches
253 ;; We handled this above by modifying SWITCHES.
255 ;; Run a separate program to get page headers.
256 (let ((new-coords (print-region-new-buffer start end
)))
257 (apply 'call-process-region
(car new-coords
) (cdr new-coords
)
258 lpr-page-header-program t t nil
259 (mapcar (lambda (e) (format e title
))
260 lpr-page-header-switches
)))
261 (setq start
(point-min)
263 (let ((buf (current-buffer)))
265 (let ((tempbuf (current-buffer)))
266 (with-current-buffer buf
267 (apply (or print-region-function
'call-process-region
)
268 (nconc (list start end lpr-command
270 (and lpr-add-switches
272 ;; These belong in pr if we are using that.
273 (and lpr-add-switches lpr-headers-switches
275 (and (stringp printer-name
)
276 (list (concat lpr-printer-switch
280 (set-marker end nil
))
281 (message "Spooling%s...done%s%s" switch-string
282 (case (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))
286 (buffer-string)))))))
288 ;; This function copies the text between start and end
289 ;; into a new buffer, makes that buffer current.
290 ;; It returns the new range to print from the new current buffer
293 (defun print-region-new-buffer (ostart oend
)
294 (if (string= (buffer-name) " *spool temp*")
296 (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer)))
297 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *spool temp*"))
300 (insert-buffer-substring oldbuf ostart oend
)
301 (cons (point-min) (point-max)))))
303 (defun printify-region (begin end
)
304 "Replace nonprinting characters in region with printable representations.
305 The printable representations use ^ (for ASCII control characters) or hex.
306 The characters tab, linefeed, space, return and formfeed are not affected."
310 (narrow-to-region begin end
)
311 (goto-char (point-min))
313 (while (re-search-forward "[\^@-\^h\^k\^n-\^_\177-\377]" nil t
)
314 (setq c
(preceding-char))
316 (insert (if (< c ?\s
)
317 (format "\\^%c" (+ c ?
@))
318 (format "\\%02x" c
))))))))
320 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
321 ;; Functions hacked from `ps-print' package.
323 ;; Dynamic evaluation
324 (defun lpr-eval-switch (arg)
325 (cond ((stringp arg
) arg
)
326 ((functionp arg
) (apply arg nil
))
327 ((symbolp arg
) (symbol-value arg
))
328 ((consp arg
) (apply (car arg
) (cdr arg
)))
331 ;; `lpr-flatten-list' is defined here (copied from "message.el" and
332 ;; enhanced to handle dotted pairs as well) until we can get some
333 ;; sensible autoloads, or `flatten-list' gets put somewhere decent.
335 ;; (lpr-flatten-list '((a . b) c (d . e) (f g h) i . j))
336 ;; => (a b c d e f g h i j)
338 (defun lpr-flatten-list (&rest list
)
339 (lpr-flatten-list-1 list
))
341 (defun lpr-flatten-list-1 (list)
345 (append (lpr-flatten-list-1 (car list
))
346 (lpr-flatten-list-1 (cdr list
))))