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-rw-r--r--lisp/lpr.el41
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 01c646412d4..ce62ee3cccf 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-05-06 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+ * lpr.el (print-region-1): Echo lpr-program's output, so error messages
+ and warnings are not silently discarded (e.g. use "-d" instead of "-P").
+
2011-05-06 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
* calendar/appt.el (appt-message-warning-time): Doc fix.
diff --git a/lisp/lpr.el b/lisp/lpr.el
index 709f992b2b8..76c69f3308c 100644
--- a/lisp/lpr.el
+++ b/lisp/lpr.el
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
;;; Code:
+(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
+
;;;###autoload
(defvar lpr-windows-system
(memq system-type '(ms-dos windows-nt)))
@@ -258,21 +260,30 @@ for further customization of the printer command."
lpr-page-header-switches)))
(setq start (point-min)
end (point-max))))
- (apply (or print-region-function 'call-process-region)
- (nconc (list start end lpr-command
- nil nil nil)
- (and lpr-add-switches
- (list "-J" name))
- ;; These belong in pr if we are using that.
- (and lpr-add-switches lpr-headers-switches
- (list "-T" title))
- (and (stringp printer-name)
- (list (concat lpr-printer-switch
- printer-name)))
- nswitches))
- (if (markerp end)
- (set-marker end nil))
- (message "Spooling%s...done" switch-string))))
+ (let ((buf (current-buffer)))
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (let ((tempbuf (current-buffer)))
+ (with-current-buffer buf
+ (apply (or print-region-function 'call-process-region)
+ (nconc (list start end lpr-command
+ nil tempbuf nil)
+ (and lpr-add-switches
+ (list "-J" name))
+ ;; These belong in pr if we are using that.
+ (and lpr-add-switches lpr-headers-switches
+ (list "-T" title))
+ (and (stringp printer-name)
+ (list (concat lpr-printer-switch
+ printer-name)))
+ nswitches))))
+ (if (markerp end)
+ (set-marker end nil))
+ (message "Spooling%s...done%s%s" switch-string
+ (case (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))
+ (0 "")
+ (1 ": ")
+ (t ":\n"))
+ (buffer-string)))))))
;; This function copies the text between start and end
;; into a new buffer, makes that buffer current.