RFE: Manual pointer for print options (lp, lpr)

Scott R. Godin mactech at webdragon.net
Wed Dec 29 13:48:29 PST 2004


Scott R. Godin wrote:
> I would like to request a small addition to the manpages for lp and lpr, namely under the section containing:
>
>     -o option
>        Sets a job option.
>
> this is a wee bit terse even for me. I'd like to recommend the addition of the following information to the manpage to save someone the time spent searching for this detailed documentation to find a specific available option:
>
>        A detailed list of available options may be found in the Software
> :
>        http://localhost:631/sum.html#STANDARD_OPTIONS
>
> Now, not everyone may spend 20 minutes searching thru manpages before even  _noticing_ the link at the bottom to the localhost:631/documentation.html however, a direct link to the exact information is not amiss in the slightest and could save us dummies quite a bit of effort in the future.
>
> ..and all I wanted was -o cpi=12 so my text would fit. :-)

s/Software$/Software Users Manual/
s/amiss/remiss/

minor corrections to my post ;)




More information about the cups mailing list