I sent a copy of this to guix-devel@gnu.org because the bug has already
been closed.
Danny Milosavljevic <dan...@scratchpost.org> writes:
> On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 03:20:04 +0100
> Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarb...@posteo.de> wrote:
>
>> This patch adds the Epson ESC/P-R printer driver.
>
> Nice! Could you also add the escpr to the documentation in doc/guix.texi
> (in a new patch) ?
>
> Maybe extend the documentation from
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Suppose you want to enable the Web interface of CUPS and also add
> support for HP printers @i{via} the @code{hplip} package. You can do
> that directly, like this (you need to use the @code{(gnu packages cups)}
> module):
>
> @example
> (service cups-service-type
> (cups-configuration
> (web-interface? #t)
> (extensions
> (list cups-filters hplip))))
> @end example
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> to
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Suppose you want to enable the Web interface of CUPS, add support for Epson
> printers $i{via}
> the @code{escpr} and also add support for HP printers @i{via} the
> @code{hplip} package. You can do
> that directly, like this (you need to use the @code{(gnu packages cups)}
> module):
>
> @example
> (service cups-service-type
> (cups-configuration
> (web-interface? #t)
> (extensions
> (list cups-filters escpr hplip))))
> @end example
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> (if that's how it's used).
Yes this is how it is used. I additionally installed it into my user
profile so as to have easier access to the ppd files.
> I think otherwise it's not really discoverable for the regular user how to
> use this (installing the package into the user profile would do nothing,
> right?).
I agree that it is hard to discover. Is it OK if I simply apply your
proposed extension to the documentation?
> I wonder whether we should extend the default cups-configuration
> to list both escpr and hplib. But that's for later...
Thanks.
Diego
