Re: problem printing html source

[Joachim Backes]

On 22-Jun-2001 Alexander Mai wrote: 
>  On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 07:09:38AM +0200, Joachim Backes wrote:
> > 
> > On 21-Jun-2001 McIllece wrote: 
> > >  Hi,
> > >  
> > >  I am trying to print some html source code.  I just want a hardcopy of 
> > > the 
> > >  source itself.  When I do
> > >  
> > >    a2ps z.html
> > >  
> > >  I get:
> > >  
> > >    sh: psnup: not found
> > >    cat: /tmp/a2_AAA8Ia4Xd: No such file or directory
> > >    netscape: not running on display :0.0
> > >    netscape: not running on display :0.0
> > >    [z.html (html, delegated to Netscape): failed.  Ignored]
> > >    [No output produced]
> > >  
> > >  (which prints nothing, of course)
> > >  
> > >  If I change the filename to just "z" and do
> > >  
> > >    a2ps z
> > >  
> > >  I get:
> > >  
> > >    [z (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet]
> > >    request id is ssb-317-8k-6 (1 file)
> > >    [Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] sent to the default printer
> > >  
> > >  (which actually prints the file).
> > >  
> > >  How can I print html source without removing the .html filename 
> > > extension?
> > 
> > Hi, McIllece,
> > 
> > try the a2ps option
> > 
> >         --pretty-print=plain
> > 
> > This prints without using  _any_ stylesheet.
>  
>  Hmm, there's a flag to turn on delegations, but one
>  can not turn them off? 
>  (well, I use a2ps often, but only the limited subset of
>  2-3 command line options all the time; I never dig deeper ...)

Hi, Alexander, see a2ps manual, vers. 4.13, page 22:

              --pretty-print[=language]
              ...
              Note that setting language to 'plain' turns off pretty printing.

Example:

1. 

address@hidden [HOME]: a2ps x.html
[x.html (html, delegated to Netscape): 1 page on 1 sheet]
request id is address@hidden
[Total: 2 pages on 1 sheet] sent to the default printer

2.

address@hidden [HOME]: a2ps --pretty-print=plain x.html 
[x.html (plain): 2 pages on 1 sheet]
request id is address@hidden
[Total: 2 pages on 1 sheet] sent to the default printer

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In the second case, the pure text of the html doc is printed.

Regards

Joachim Backes

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