From: Nux Vomica <nv@linux.rocks>
Subject: Re: Let Me Show Yous How To Print
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On 28 Sep 2024 16:44:11 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> 
>> All GNU/Linux software should produce PostScript output for
>> printing.
> 
> Why? You are shooting things without argument. Why is PostScript better
> than everything else? 
>

You are a total idiot and you make me mad.

ALL software ion GNU/Linux produces Postscript for printing.

Let's consider Cooledit, the text editor.  If I instruct Cooledit
to print (Ctl+P) it will put up a dialog asking to print with
the command:

lpr file.txt

Lpr is the CUPS printing utility that handles, if necessary,
all conversions to PostScript.  If no conversions are needed
then the PostScript output is unchanged.

Since I don't use CUPS I can substitute my own script for
lpr:

#!/bin/bash
PRINTFILE=`mktemp --suffix='.ps' --tmpdir=/tmp/printq app.XXX`
cat - > $PRINTFILE

This will redirect the output to a file in /tmp/printq and,
sure enough, the file is PostScript.

The same is true for LibreOffice and any other GNU/Linux application.

So, as usual, you are full of fucking shit.

Don't dare ever again to challenge my GNU/Linux authority.



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