On Nov 27, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > And why not use GST backends instead of rewriting them? They can be > get as an independent module from GNOME CVS. Perhaps I should package > them separately to show that they're not stuck with GNOME System > Tools, so they can also be used to write a KDE frontend. I do't like > to see so much people reinventing the wheel. GST also needs an util > for configuring the printers, so any help will be welcomed. And, FYI, > current GST developers are using Debian for its development, so we > have a lot of "power" among them ;)
At least in the case of foomatic-gui, the backend is pretty universal; all it needs are foomatic-printjob and foomatic-configure in the path (although it does need to reload CUPS if it's not in the path; CUPS dumps raw PostScript to a new printer until it's reloaded :-/). Chris -- Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.lordsutch.com/chris/ Computer Systems Manager, Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Mississippi 125B Lewis Hall - 662-915-5765
