;;; lpr.el --- print Emacs buffer on line printer. ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Maintainer: FSF ;; Keywords: unix ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) ;; any later version. ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. ;;; Commentary: ;; Commands to send the region or a buffer your printer. Entry points ;; are `lpr-buffer', `print-buffer', lpr-region', or `print-region'; option ;; variables include `lpr-switches' and `lpr-command'. ;;; Code: ;;;###autoload (defvar lpr-switches nil "*List of strings to pass as extra switch args to `lpr' when it is invoked.") (defvar lpr-add-options (eq system-type 'berkeley-unix) "*Non-nil means construct -T and -J options for the `lpr'.") ;;;###autoload (defvar lpr-command (if (memq system-type '(usg-unix-v dgux hpux irix)) "lp" "lpr") "*Name of program for printing a file.") (defvar lpr-headers-switches (if (equal lpr-command "lpr") '("-p") nil) "*List of strings to use as options for `lpr' to request page headings.") (defvar 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'.") ;;;###autoload (defun lpr-buffer () "Print buffer contents as with Unix command `lpr'. `lpr-switches' is a list of extra switches (strings) to pass to lpr." (interactive) (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches nil)) ;;;###autoload (defun print-buffer () "Print buffer contents as with Unix command `lpr -p'. `lpr-switches' is a list of extra switches (strings) to pass to lpr." (interactive) (print-region-1 (point-min) (point-max) lpr-switches t)) ;;;###autoload (defun lpr-region (start end) "Print region contents as with Unix command `lpr'. `lpr-switches' is a list of extra switches (strings) to pass to lpr." (interactive "r") (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches nil)) ;;;###autoload (defun print-region (start end) "Print region contents as with Unix command `lpr -p'. `lpr-switches' is a list of extra switches (strings) to pass to lpr." (interactive "r") (print-region-1 start end lpr-switches t)) (defun print-region-1 (start end switches page-headers) ;; On some MIPS system, having a space in the job name ;; crashes the printer demon. But using dashes looks ugly ;; and it seems to annoying to do for that MIPS system. (let ((name (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer")) (title (concat (buffer-name) " Emacs buffer")) (width tab-width)) (save-excursion (message "Spooling...") (if (/= tab-width 8) (progn (print-region-new-buffer start end) (setq tab-width width) (save-excursion (goto-char end) (setq end (point-marker))) (untabify (point-min) (point-max)))) (if page-headers (if lpr-headers-switches ;; On BSD, use an option to get page headers. (setq switches (append (if (stringp lpr-headers-switches) (list lpr-headers-switches) lpr-headers-switches) switches)) (print-region-new-buffer start end) (call-process-region start end lpr-page-header-program t t lpr-page-header-options) (setq start (point-min) end (point-max)))) (apply (or print-region-function 'call-process-region) (nconc (list start end lpr-command nil nil nil) (nconc (and lpr-add-options (list "-J" name "-T" title)) switches))) (if (markerp end) (set-marker end nil)) (message "Spooling...done")))) ;; This function copies the text between start and end ;; into a new buffer, makes that buffer current, ;; and sets start and end to the buffer bounds. ;; start and end are used free. (defun print-region-new-buffer (ostart oend) (or (string= (buffer-name) " *spool temp*") (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer))) (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *spool temp*")) (widen) (erase-buffer) (insert-buffer-substring oldbuf ostart oend) (setq start (point-min) end (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." (interactive "r") (save-excursion (goto-char begin) (let (c) (while (re-search-forward "[\^@-\^h\^k\^n-\^_\177-\377]" end t) (setq c (preceding-char)) (delete-backward-char 1) (insert (if (< c ?\ ) (format "\\^%c" (+ c ?@)) (format "\\%02x" c))))))) ;;; lpr.el ends here