Richard Heck wrote: > Herbert Voss wrote: >> Richard Heck wrote: >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] src]$ find /usr/share/texmf/dvips/ -name 'config.*' >>> /usr/share/texmf/dvips/tetex/config.www >>> /usr/share/texmf/dvips/tetex/config.download35 >>> /usr/share/texmf/dvips/tetex/config.dfaxhigh >>> /usr/share/texmf/dvips/tetex/config.builtin35 >>> >> these are _all_ config files and not printer files. >> >> dvips -P<config> >> >> eg dvips -Pcmz <file> >> >> to load the cm-super type 1 font. >> >> lpr -P<printer> is far different to the dvips command. >> > Yes, I understand this now, and was inferring the opposite from the > existing code. If you check the box we're discussing, what you get, as > JMarc said, is: > dvips -Pmy_printer && lpr -Pmy_printer > or something close enough. This is either (i) totally broken or (ii) is > assuming that the user has config.* files with the extensions being the > names of the printers s'he uses. > > So the question is what to do about this. Option (i): Kill the box. If a > user wants to run dvips -Pwhatever, let h'er enter it into the Printer > Command box. Option (ii): Keep the box, but add a tooltip along the > lines I suggested last: Either "Check this box only if you have > config.<printer> files installed for each printer you use." Or: "If you > don't know what this does, you don't need it. (See info dvips for help.)"
config.<printer> is misleading. For example: config.pdf is a config file to use always Type 1 fonts but I can print the ps file on _every_ printer Herbert
