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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Printer icon (was: Why is everyone bitching about Workbench)
Message-ID: <6933@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 30 Oct 90 12:57:31 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston
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[how does the printer program know how to print a file]
> real answer is of course that only the application that created it
> (and perhaps a few other programs) knows it. The only information
> available is the Default Tool in the icon that belongs to the file.

First cut: it's easy enough to tell if a file is ASCII text or IFF FORM,
so start out with print-text and print-ILBM options. If these checks
fail look up DefaultTool in s:printer.rc. It should have a format like:

TOOL Deluxe Snail
	launch work:applications/deluxe_snail/snailprint
	send 'print format=standard' to REXX 'snailprint'
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-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.