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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/lpr.el')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/lpr.el b/lisp/lpr.el index 04b77a30a0e..882072eaa7c 100644 --- a/lisp/lpr.el +++ b/lisp/lpr.el @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ;;;###autoload (defcustom printer-name (and (memq system-type '(emx ms-dos)) "PRN") - "*The name of a local printer to which data is sent for printing. + "The name of a local printer to which data is sent for printing. \(Note that PostScript files are sent to `ps-printer-name', which see.\) On Unix-like systems, a string value should be a name understood by @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ file. If you want to discard the printed output, set this to \"NUL\"." ;;;###autoload (defcustom lpr-switches nil - "*List of strings to pass as extra options for the printer program. + "List of strings to pass as extra options for the printer program. It is recommended to set `printer-name' instead of including an explicit switch on this list. See `lpr-command'." @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ See `lpr-command'." :group 'lpr) (defcustom lpr-add-switches (memq system-type '(berkeley-unix gnu/linux)) - "*Non-nil means construct `-T' and `-J' options for the printer program. + "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." @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ this variable should be nil." (if lpr-lp-system "-d " "-P") - "*Printer switch, that is, something like \"-P\", \"-d \", \"/D:\", etc. + "Printer switch, that is, something like \"-P\", \"-d \", \"/D:\", etc. This switch is used in conjunction with `printer-name'." :type '(choice :menu-tag "Printer Name Switch" :tag "Printer Name Switch" @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ This switch is used in conjunction with `printer-name'." "lp") (t "lpr")) - "*Name of program for printing a file. + "Name of program for printing a file. On MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems, if the value is an empty string then Emacs will write directly to the printer port named by `printer-name'. @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ argument." ;; 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. (defcustom lpr-headers-switches nil - "*List of strings of options to request page headings in the printer program. + "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." :type '(repeat (string :tag "Argument")) @@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ See definition of `print-region-1' for calling conventions." :group 'lpr) (defcustom lpr-page-header-program "pr" - "*Name of program for adding page headers to a file." + "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 '("-h" "%s" "-F") - "*List of strings to use as options for the page-header-generating program. + "List of strings to use as options for the page-header-generating program. If `%s' appears in any of the strings, it is substituted by the page title. Note that for correct quoting, `%s' should normally be a separate element. The variable `lpr-page-header-program' specifies the program to use." |