On Wed, 01 Mar 2000, -kevin- wrote:
> I like using a2ps to do my printing, but I would like to have it
> use the date/author/subject for some of the footers and headers.
> Has someone already done this?
Sure. Simply use
a2ps -gEmail
> If so, can you show me your 'print_command' setting?
I wrote a little wrapper around a2ps, which tries out, whether the
mail fits on one page using "a2ps -1" or "a2ps -2".
So my print_command is set to a2psmail.
Tschoeeee
Roland
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#! /bin/sh
#
# $Id: a2psmail,v 1.1 1999/08/26 17:03:10 roland Exp roland $
#
##########################################################################
#
# Print a mail using a2ps. If the mail fits on one page, we use "a2ps -1"
# otherwise we print two pages on one sheet ("a2ps -2").
#
##########################################################################
#
# Copyright (C) 1999 Roland Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
##########################################################################
umask 077
#DEBUG="-Pdisplay"
tmpdir=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/a2psmail.$$
mkdir $tmpdir || exit 1
trap "rm -rf $tmpdir; exit" 0 1 2 3 15
cat "$@" > $tmpdir/mail
env -u LANG a2ps -1 -gEmail -Pvoid $tmpdir/mail 2> $tmpdir/a2ps.out
if (cat $tmpdir/a2ps.out | grep -q 'on 1 sheet')
then
# Mail fits on one page:
a2ps -1 -gEmail $DEBUG $tmpdir/mail
else
# Mail doesn't fit on one page:
a2ps -2 -gEmail $DEBUG $tmpdir/mail
fi
