mupprnt(1)

πŸ’– mupprnt β€” bestie, let's print some sheet music πŸ’–

okay so real talk, this is the mupprnt(1) page from the General Commands Manual, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little utilities out there. it's a whole vibe. let's get into it ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

mupprnt β€” print output from Mup music publisher πŸŽΌπŸ–¨οΈ

like, you make the music with Mup, and then this lil icon prints it. main character energy fr.


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mupprnt [mup_options] file

πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

okay so mupprnt gives you a way to print your Mup output straight to your printer. slay. πŸ–¨οΈβœ¨

The file is Mup input. and here's the tea β€” you can pass any other Mup options too, EXCEPT for these ones:

  • -C
  • -E
  • -f
  • -F
  • -l
  • -m
  • -M
  • -v

because bestie, those ones literally don't produce print output. no print output = nothing to print. it's giving nothing to work with πŸ’€ so just don't.


🫢 the COPIES thing (UNIX girlies, this one's for you) 🫢

Under UNIX, if the environment variable COPIES is set to a number, that number of copies will be printed. πŸŽ‰

Otherwise? only 1 copy will be printed. one. single. copy. humble. πŸ™ˆ


πŸ¦‹ the GS_DEVICE thing πŸ¦‹

The GS_DEVICE shell variable must be set to the proper value for your printer type. no cap, it's mandatory. ⚠️

and here's a fun fact β€” mupprnt is a shell script (under UNIX) or a batch script (under MS-DOS), so you can customize it if you wish! it's yours. go off. πŸ’…


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯


⚠️ CAVEATS ⚠️

read this part, bestie, i'm begging 😭

  • You must have mup in your PATH.
  • You must have ghostscript (gs or gs386.exe) in your PATH.
no PATH, no print. it's that simple. do the vibe check before you come crying to me. 🫢

and that's the whole page, periodt. πŸ’– brought to you by Arkkra Enterprises, dated November 22, 2012 β€” yeah she's a vintage queen but she still ate πŸ‘‘βœ¨ mwah, go print something gorgeous 🌸🎢

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