bug#55733: 29.0.50; handwrite.el does not utilize 'ps-printer-name' nor 'ps-lpr-switches'.

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Antonio Ruiz <antonioruiz.math@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello. The current implementation of the 'handwrite' function does not
> pass 'ps-printer-name' nor 'ps-lpr-switches' to 'call-process-region'.
> Moreover, 'ps-lpr-switches' can have dynamic arguments which compute the
> switches at runtime. Therefore, I propose that we replace the current
> printing facility in 'handwrite' with that from the 'ps-do-despool'
> function of ps-print.el. I have copied the patch below:

Thanks; pushed to Emacs 29.

This change was small enough to apply without assigning copyright to the
FSF, but for future patches you want to submit, it might make sense to
get the paperwork started now, so that subsequent patches can be applied
speedily. Would you be willing to sign such paperwork?

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