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Date:      Wed, 1 Sep 2010 03:59:51 +0100
From:      Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Interactive Port
Message-ID:  <20100901025951.GA44144@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20100901011146.24d3436f.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <20100831193421.GA2695@bsd.remdog.net> <20100831193935.GA1427@bsd.remdog.net> <20100831225428.GA42850@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20100901011146.24d3436f.freebsd@edvax.de>

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On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 01:11:46AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
>
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:54:28 +0100, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote:
> > For printing from mutt, I use the following in ~/.muttrc
> > 
> > set print_command="a2ps -1 > ~/mail.ps; gv ~/mail.ps"
> > 
> > Obviously, that views the postcript file first & then I print from gv.
> 
> What about "lpr ~/mail.ps" instead of "gv ~/mail.ps"? This would
> actually send the output PS to the default printer queue, causing
> the message to be printed.
> 

I like to view it first. Make sure there are no orphaned/widowed
paragraphs etc.

If so, then I might cat it to plain ascii, edit it & then run it
through a2ps.

Works for me! Not often that I print email.


Regards,

-- 

 Frank

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