On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 03:34:58PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Howdy, all. I've got an /etc/printcap file that I created with > printconf-gui; then I modified one of the entries to use the "lpf" > filter instead of mf_wrapper. However, when I go back into > printconf-gui, and save again, it over-writes the /etc/printcap file > with a pre-my-modifications version... which, needless to say, screws up > our check printing. Where/how does printconf-gui get its perception of > /etc/printcap from, since it's clearly not /etc/printcap, itself?
It gets it from a thing called 'alchemist', which stores its files in /etc/alchemist. > Is there any other, generic way I should be treating this? I tried > merely deleting the queues, and adding everything by hand via > printcap.local, but that didn't seem to do the trick. /usr/share/doc/printconf*/README has information on how to hijack a printconf spool. Then you can edit printcap.local as you please. (No, it isn't ideal; it would be nice to be able to do this in the GUI tool, but you can't yet.) Tim. */
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