Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:42:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Joerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: ports/print/a2ps-letter/files patch-nodefaultprint Message-ID: <200105161742.f4GHgAi61785@freefall.freebsd.org>
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joerg 2001/05/16 10:42:10 PDT Added files: print/a2ps-letter/files patch-nodefaultprint Log: 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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