Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:04:19 -0800 From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: I've made some lpd changes Message-ID: <199602272004.MAA15024@kithrup.com>
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(as some of you know ;)) to support the "ms=<stuff>" capability in /etc/printcap. For those who don't recognize it, it allows one to say something like lp|local line printer:\ :lp=/dev/cua00:br#9600:\ :ms=opost,onlcr:\ :sd=/var/spool/djet500/raw:hl:\ :mx#0:sb:rs instead of specifying the bits explicitly with :fc#031400:fs#01401: Right now, however, my code just removes support for the fs/fc/xs/xc capabilities. Personally, I do not find that much problem at all ;). However, others might. So I have some alternatives: 1. Ignore it, and let fs/fc/xs/xc die the death they should have died with the rest of the saurians 65 million years ago. 2. Allow one *or* the other to be used -- if fs/fc/xs/xc are used, don't use the ms=, or vice versa. 3. Convert the fs/fc/xs/xc bit patterns to the right things. (This is really simple but tedious, and there would be the question of should it be done before or after the ms= string is processed?) They are listed in my order of preference ;). Comments? Sean.
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