Kurt D. Starsinic writes:
> On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:38:48PM -0400, Chris Fuhrman wrote:
> > Recently I uploaded a module called LinePrinter
> > (LinePrinter-0.10.tar.gz) under the name CFUHRMAN. Unfortunately, I was
> > not aware of the naming conventions at the time and realized that having
> > one's module in a top-level area is probably not a Good Idea<tm>.
> >
> > The purpose of this module is to provide a method for perl programmers to
> > talk to remote print servers without having to create a pipe to lp or
> > lpr. I'm willing to rename the module (at least to give it more exposure
> > *G*) and I believe that having it under the Net:: hierarchy would be the
> > most logical choice (e.g. Net::LinePrinter or Net::RemotePrinter).
> >
> > Other suggestions and comments would be appreciated!
>
> Net:: makes sense. Unless your module only works on printers that
> make a `zzt zzt' noise, though, I wouldn't recommend `LinePrinter'. The
> `Remote' part is also implicit in `Net'.
>
> How about Net::LPR or Net::Printer?
Net::Printer. Windows folk won't know what LPR means.
-Jon
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Jon Orwant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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