Re: [Lpr-discuss] PPD file specification question

[Thomas H. <thu...@co...>]

> *OpenUI *InputSlot/Paper Source: PickOne
> 
> Yet, when I run gpr I find no option which will allow me to select a
> paper source. However, when I remove 'Paper Source' from the line, or
> replaced it with 'Media Source', the media source option appears as
> usual. Several other options also contain user interface strings, and
> seem to work without a problem, such as:
> 
> OpenUI *Duplex/2-Sided Printing: PickOne

> However, after looking in the PPD spec some it looks to me
> like the "Paper Source" is just a localized human readable equivilent
> of "InputSlot". (See PPD specification v4.3 page 26 (page 30 of the
> pdf file)).

This is the way I have always understood it. The first option is the
"machine-readable" keyword and the second item (after the slash) is the
human-readable equivalent. The second item would be changed in localized
versions of each PPD.
 
> So it does in fact look like a bug in the PPD parser to me. Would
> someone confirm this understanding of the issue for me. Once I've got
> confirmation, I'll fix the code.

This appears to be the case.

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Thomas Hubbell
CompuMetric Labs, Inc.
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