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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Remy Kolessar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been using Lyx for about 2 weeks and I just find it great!
>
> I have a question about the Print pop menu: Why didn't you include
> options to print only one (or some) page(s) of the .dvi file, as you did
> for odd or even pages? Since this option is supported in dvips using
> -ppX-Y for instance, I guess it should be rather easy to implement that,
> or did I miss something?
Noone got around doing it... :P
> Of course, you can still print out selected pages by creating a .dvi
> file and using the dvips command line directly, but...
You can print separate pages from ghostview (or gv).
You can also use File->Export->Other, export to a command as dvi:
"dvips -f1 -pp3-4 $$FName | lpr"
I don't think the syntax with $$FName is documented, at least I couldn't
find it. ...byt then I may be blind. I couldn't find anything about
File->Export->Other :P
It's supposed to work with "dvips -f1 -pp3-4 | lpr" too, but there's a
small bug in in LyXSendto.C, near line 82 that I've just discovered.
The command is issued (when $$FName is not used in <command>) as
"cat $$FName | <command> &"
if (!command.contains("$$FName"))
command = "cat $$FName | " + command;
command.subst("$$FName",fname);
command += " &"; // execute in background
Unfortunately dvips can't read from a pipe (it need to seek on the file).
It could be invoked as "(<command>) < $$FName &", to have the command
read from a seekable file instead. (And get rid of an extra process)
Like this:
if (!command.contains("$$FName"))
command = "(" + command + ") < $$FName";
command.subst("$$FName",fname);
command += " &"; // execute in background
Then a "dvips -f1 -pp3-4 | lpr" should work I think. (haven't
tested)
Could someone try it and add it to the CVS please? It's just a one-liner.
(line 83 in LyXSendto.C, lyx0_12)
Think I'll better take a closer look at the docs.
Joacim
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