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Date:      Wed, 14 Jan 1998 20:43:08 -0600 (CST)
From:      John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>
To:        stephen farrell <stephen@farrell.org>
Cc:        questions freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: printing from emacs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980114202928.5408A-100000@barnowl.roost.net>
In-Reply-To: <87hg77f9u9.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>

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Thanks for the comeback!

I'm using emacs 19.34b from the ports (2.2.1R). Yep, lpr from a shell
works like a champ. 

It uses print-buffer as the command and guess what? It passes the
buffer through pr! Which I don't use 'cause my old printer does not
like it and I don't either.

Thanks, again, for the input. I know what to do now!

John

On 14 Jan 1998, stephen farrell wrote:

> John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> writes:
> 
> > I give up!
> > 
> > It seems so simple, or should be. I can print with the spooler (lpr)
> > just fine from the shell, within emacs from dired operations menu,
> > postscript print the buffer, but *not* just "print buffer".
> > 
> > That is the simple lpr buffer from the tools menu. I can set lpr
> > switches , etc. but nothing happens when I print the buffer.
> > I mean nothing.
> > 
> > Any ideas where to look?
> 
> What version of emacs (or xemacs) are you using?  Can you print any
> file from the shell with lpr, or only postscript ones?  Under xemacs,
> the "print buffer" calls lpr-buffer (which I assume is similar to
> print-buffer, but might be slightly different)--what function does
> yours call?  (you should be able to do C-h k and then pull down the
> menu to get the function name, unless that's an xemacsism and you're
> using fsf emacs...)
> 
> Why do you want to do that anyway?
> --
> 
> Steve Farrell
> 
> 
> 




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