DTPRINTINFO(1)

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version 2.5.3 · 2 versions
, in nixos 26.05

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this is dtprintinfo(user cmd) — literally the CDE Print Viewer, bestie. She's the main character of print queue management and she wants you to understand her 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dtprintinfo [-p &<printer  | >  | -all  | -populate  | -help ]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The Print Viewer is a graphical-interface girlie that displays the status of print queues and print jobs. Additional info about print queues or print jobs can be retrieved right inside the interface, individual print queue labels and icons can be customized, and individual print jobs can be canceled. Print jobs can be submitted by dragging files, text, or attachments from other CDE programs and dropping them on a print queue icon in a Print Viewer window. slay. ✨

✨ KEY SUPPORTED TASKS ✨

  • Displaying configured print queues on the system.
  • Displaying print queue and print job properties.
  • Changing print queue labels and icons.
  • Submitting print jobs.
  • Canceling print jobs.

🌸 NO OPTIONS 🌸

When the Print Viewer is started without any options, it shows the LPDEST printer or the system default printer if LPDEST is not set. default behavior eats, fr fr. 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -p &<printer> — Display information only for the specified &<printer>. just that one printer, bestie.
  • -all — Display information for all printers. everybody gets a vibe check.
  • -populate — The -populate option is available only for root. This option creates default printer actions for all printers in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/etc/appconfig/types/LANG. If LANG is not defined, the actions are created in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/etc/appconfig/types/C. The post-installation process uses the -populate feature to create default printer actions in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/etc/appconfig/types/C. root-only alert, no cap. 🚨
  • -help — Display command line option help. the helpful icon.
  • -session &<session_file> — The Print Viewer creates a session file when you exit the desktop. When you start the desktop again, the Print Viewer uses the session file specified in the session_file parameter to restore the view settings, which printers are shown and which printers are opened. restore the whole vibe.

🍓 RESOURCES 🍓

The Print Viewer does not define any application-specific resources. that's the whole section — zero resource drama, periodt. 💀

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

  • LPDEST — This environment variable determines which print queue to display when the Print Viewer is started without any options. she picks the queue, iykyk.
  • XMICONSEARCHPATH — This environment variable determines which icon folders to search when customizing a printer's icon set. icon hunt energy. 🎀

📣 BROADCAST MESSAGES 📣

The Print Viewer responds to ReloadActions messages and sends a ReloadActions message when you customize a printer's icon name or icon set. group-chat behavior, literally. 💬

🚨 WARNING MESSAGES 🚨

- Are you sure you want to cancel &<job>? -

The Print Viewer displays a prompt before a print &<job> is canceled. she asks first, bestie — no accidental cancel chaos. 😭

💀 EXIT STATUS 💀

The following exit values are returned:

  • 0 — Successful completion. we ate.
  • >0 — An invocation error was detected. not the vibe.

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

dtprintinfo

dtprintinfo

Display the status of the LPDEST printer or the system default printer.

dtprintinfo -p lp0

dtprintinfo -p lp0

Display the status of the print queue called lp0.

dtprintinfo -all

dtprintinfo -all

Display the status of all print queues.

  • CDE Print Specific Actions — Two print specific actions are created for each printer on the system. These actions are defined in &<printer>.dt files located in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/etc/appconfig/types/$LANG.
  • &<printer>_Print — This action displays the status of the print queue specified by the &<printer> parameter.
  • &<printer>_Print &<file> — This action invokes the Print action for the &<file> on the printer specified by the &<printer> parameter. file gets printed on the chosen printer, iconic. 🖨️

👑 FILES 👑

  • dtprintinfo — Executable file. This file is located in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/bin.
  • Dtprintinfo — Application defaults file. This file is located in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/app-defaults/$LANG.
  • print.dt — CDE Print action definition file. This file is located in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/appconfig/types/$LANG.
  • &<printer>.dt (Global actions) — The Print Viewer stores a &<printer>.dt action file for each printer on the system. These files are located in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/etc/appconfig/types/$LANG.
  • &<printer>.dt (customized actions) — The Print Viewer stores a &<printer>.dt action file for each customized printer. These files are located in $HOME/.dt/types. customize your own little corner.
  • dtprintinfo.cat — Message catalog. This file is located in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/lib/nls/msg/$LANG.
  • Printmgr.sdl, PM*.tif, PM*.pm — Help files. These files are located in /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/appconfig/help/$LANG and /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/appconfig/help/$LANG/graphics.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

byeee bestie — that's the dtprintinfo(user cmd) footer energy, and there's no extra source/version/date tea here, so we're signing off with a sparkle 💖✨

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