The *.PLT file is created by a print-to-a-file setup in Windows 2000 in VB.
You (and the other patient soles on this list) do not want me to try to capture months of dialog on why I am doing this. -Denis On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Nov 2017, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > I would like to be able to double-click on a .PLT file to have lpr launch >> with the file as the argument. >> > > Denis, > > I've not closely followed this thread so my questions might have been > answered. What application you use produces a .plt output file? Doesn't the > application itself have a print function? > > When I looked on the web for information on the file format I learned > that > it's produced primarily by TecPlot, a commercial vendor of 2D and 3D > visualization software for power grid and reservior models. > > I have created a *.desktop file, made it executable, and placed it in >> ~/.local/share/applications. It shows up in Dash. But it does not show as >> an application that I can associate with a file. >> > > Admiting to be biased toward the command line, I wonder why providing the > filename as an argument to lpr is not working for you. Or, if you have an > application that allows you to view the .plt file on screen, doesn't it > allow you to print it, too? > > Curious mind, > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
