Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 02:21:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: ports/print/a2ps-letter/files patch-printers.c Message-ID: <200105180921.f4I9LBr47151@freefall.freebsd.org>
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obrien 2001/05/18 02:21:11 PDT
Added files:
print/a2ps-letter/files patch-printers.c
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
Submitted by: joerg
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