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-;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
-;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:
-;;;###autoload
-(defvar lpr-switches nil
- "*List of strings to pass as extra switch args to `lpr' when it is invoked.")
+(defgroup lpr nil
+ "Print Emacs buffer on line printer"
+ :group 'wp)
+
-(defvar lpr-add-switches (eq system-type 'berkeley-unix)
- "*Non-nil means construct -T and -J options for the `lpr'.")
+;;;###autoload
+(defcustom lpr-switches nil
+ "*List of strings to pass as extra options for the printer program.
+See `lpr-command'."
+ :type '(repeat (string :tag "Argument"))
+ :group 'lpr)
+
+(defcustom lpr-add-switches (eq system-type 'berkeley-unix)
+ "*Non-nil means construct -T and -J options for the printer program.
+These are made assuming that the program is `lpr';
+if you are using some other incompatible printer program,
+this variable should be nil."
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'lpr)
;;;###autoload
-(defvar lpr-command
+(defcustom lpr-command
(if (memq system-type '(usg-unix-v dgux hpux irix))
"lp" "lpr")
- "*Name of program for printing a file.")
+ "*Name of program for printing a file."
+ :type 'string
+ :group 'lpr)
;; Default is nil, because that enables us to use pr -f
;; which is more reliable than pr with no args, which is what lpr -p does.
-(defvar lpr-headers-switches nil
- "*List of strings to use as options for `lpr' to request page headings.
+(defcustom lpr-headers-switches nil
+ "*List of strings of options to request page headings in the printer program.
If nil, we run `lpr-page-header-program' to make page headings
-and print the result.")
+and print the result."
+ :type '(repeat (string :tag "Argument"))
+ :group 'lpr)
-(defvar print-region-function nil
+(defcustom print-region-function nil
"Function to call to print the region on a printer.
-See definition of `print-region-1' for calling conventions.")
-
-(defvar lpr-page-header-program "pr"
- "*Name of program for adding page headers to a file.")
-
-(defvar lpr-page-header-switches '("-f")
- "*List of strings to use as options for `lpr-page-header-program'.")
+See definition of `print-region-1' for calling conventions."
+ :type 'function
+ :group 'lpr)
+
+(defcustom lpr-page-header-program "pr"
+ "*Name of program for adding page headers to a file."
+ :type 'string
+ :group 'lpr)
+
+;; Berkeley systems support -F, and GNU pr supports both -f and -F,
+;; So it looks like -F is a better default.
+(defcustom lpr-page-header-switches '("-F")
+ "*List of strings to use as options for the page-header-generating program.
+The variable `lpr-page-header-program' specifies the program to use."
+ :type '(repeat string)
+ :group 'lpr)
;;;###autoload
(defun lpr-buffer ()
;; and it seems to annoying to do for that MIPS system.
(let ((name (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
(title (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer"))
+ ;; On MS-DOS systems, make pipes use binary mode if the
+ ;; original file is binary.
+ (binary-process-input buffer-file-type)
+ (binary-process-output buffer-file-type)
(width tab-width)
switch-string)
(save-excursion
(cons (point-min) (point-max)))))
(defun printify-region (begin end)
- "Turn nonprinting characters (other than TAB, LF, SPC, RET, and FF)
-in the current buffer into printable representations as control or
-hexadecimal escapes."
+ "Replace nonprinting characters in region with printable representations.
+The printable representations use ^ (for ASCII control characters) or hex.
+The characters tab, linefeed, space, return and formfeed are not affected."
(interactive "r")
(save-excursion
(goto-char begin)
(format "\\^%c" (+ c ?@))
(format "\\%02x" c)))))))
+(provide 'lpr)
+
;;; lpr.el ends here