Variable: pr-gs-switches

pr-gs-switches is a customizable variable defined in printing.el.gz.

Value

("-q -dNOPAUSE -I/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10")

Documentation

Specify ghostscript switches. See the documentation on GS for more info.

It's a list of strings, where each string is one or more ghostscript switches.

A note on the gs switches:

-q quiet
-dNOPAUSE don't wait for user intervention
-Ic:/gs/gs5.50;c:/gs/gs5.50/fonts the directories needed for gs
-c quit it's added at the end to terminate gs

To see ghostscript documentation for more information:

* On GNU or Unix system:
   - for full documentation, type: man gs
   - for brief documentation, type: gs -h

* On Windows system:
   - for full documentation, see in a browser the file
     c:/gstools/gs5.50/index.html, that is, the file index.html which is
     located in the same directory as gswin32.exe.
   - for brief documentation, type: gswin32.exe -h

Useful links:

* Introduction to Ghostscript
  https://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/intro.htm

* How to use Ghostscript
  https://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/cvs/Use.htm

* Printer compatibility
  https://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/printer.htm

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/printing.el.gz
(defcustom pr-gs-switches
  (if lpr-windows-system
      '("-q -dNOPAUSE -Ic:/gs/gs5.50;c:/gs/gs5.50/fonts")
    '("-q -dNOPAUSE -I/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10"))
  "Specify ghostscript switches.  See the documentation on GS for more info.

It's a list of strings, where each string is one or more ghostscript switches.

A note on the gs switches:

-q					quiet
-dNOPAUSE				don't wait for user intervention
-Ic:/gs/gs5.50;c:/gs/gs5.50/fonts	the directories needed for gs
-c quit					it's added at the end to terminate gs

To see ghostscript documentation for more information:

* On GNU or Unix system:
   - for full documentation, type: man gs
   - for brief documentation, type: gs -h

* On Windows system:
   - for full documentation, see in a browser the file
     c:/gstools/gs5.50/index.html, that is, the file index.html which is
     located in the same directory as gswin32.exe.
   - for brief documentation, type: gswin32.exe -h

Useful links:

* Introduction to Ghostscript
  `https://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/intro.htm'

* How to use Ghostscript
  `https://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/cvs/Use.htm'

* Printer compatibility
  `https://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/printer.htm'
"
  :type '(repeat (string :tag "Ghostscript Switch")))