Setting up a printer, having mailcap problems

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Jonesy <gmane at jonz.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 10:49:23 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>> I'm just adding a printer to a new Xubuntu config.  The printer is
>> there and can print test pages, but when I try to use print(1) on a
>> text file it complains about missing a mailcap file for text/plain.
>>
>> I've not used print(1) before that I recall, and if I've ever fooled
>> with mailcap that I recall either.
>> It makes me wonder why print is installed at all without what I guess
>> should be simple support files.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>
> Maybe you mean to use lpr ?
>
> Jonesy

No, I meant to use a personal homebrew in /usr/local/bin/print, but
had not brought it over from the old install.  It's based on
enscript(1), and works properly now.

I was just remarking that this behavior seems unprofessional,
considering that print(1) is installed by default, and "print" is a
pretty natural thing for someone to try.  Seems like the sort of thing
that should be improved.

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman

programmer, n. an organism that transmutes caffeine into software.