[cups.development] Bi-di in cups1.2 ?

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Wed Jun 30 07:42:30 PDT 2004


Emmanuel Briand wrote:
> ...
> Is this bi-di API and backchanneling are the same thing ?

Not quite, but they are similar and the bi-di API being worked on by
the FSG interoperates with CUPS and will use the CUPS interfaces if
available.

>>From a quick look in cups 1.2 sources, it seems that backchanneling is far
> from being implemented, am I right ?

No, it is there, just the CUPS API functions for reading/writing fd 3
are not committed yet.

We are starting to commit the core 1.2 features now, in preparation
for 1.2 beta releases in a month or so.

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