calling a gtk program from a cups backend

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Tue Oct 26 07:32:57 PDT 2004


serge.sterck at skynet.Be wrote:
> Help i have just written a tiff cups backend but i have a problem
> i must after conversion to tiff ask the user to enter index variable
> i call from cups backend a gtk program but the program isnt'launch
> i use for that the system call system("\usr\bin\myprogram")
> Can somebody tell me how i can archive this thx

In general, you cannot display a GUI from a backend since the
backend may not be running on the same system as the user that
submitted the job, or the user might be logged off the system.

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