On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, Matt Price wrote:
> > images makes simple "cat $html" not work either, otherwise, > > cat $html | lpr -Ppostscriptprinter - > > > wouldn't this just print the text that is contained in an html file (as > opposed to a rendered/formatted html page? good point, probably ... > > how about: > > > > while ( have-html-pages ) { > > konqueror option-to-display-to-stdout http://any-web-page \ > > | lpr -Ppostscript - > > } > > > > ie .. let mozilla/konqueror/galeon do your rendering locally > > but to dump to STDOUT instead > > I like the idea of having a real browser do the hard work of managing > the display -- but I'm not really quite sure how an > "option-to-display-to-stdout" would work. I don't see any such option > in the man pages for konqueror or firefox, the option to be found is the trick and/or modify the source to display to stdout instead of $DISPLAY:$xterm ( whatever its called ) > and in any case I'm not > confident that this would result in a postscript file suitable for > piping to the printer... Am I missing the boat here? we're just trying to have the script "hit the print button" automatically for you/us -- tk/tcl and/or expect will do the trick ( interactive scripts ) if the "option-to-display-to-stdout" doesn't exist for the browser c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]