"Gábor Boskovits" skrev: (16 januari 2019 16:00:30 CET) >Hello, > > ezt írta (időpont: 2019. jan. 16., Sze, 15:35): >> >> Hi >> >> I would rather not have to learn the CUPS web interface just to >> configure my printer. Do we have a way to do this yet from >config.scm? I >> think we should abstract away everything CUPS. >> >> Maybe we could make a guix printer importer? >> >> The idea is to extract information about the printer via Guile and >print >> what the user need to add to the config.scm. >> >> Something like this: >> $ guix printer >> >> "Found 1 USB printer: HP DeskJet 4330 >> (cups-configuration >> (printer >> (name "HP DeskJet 4330" >> (connection "usb://34234556" >> (settings >> (paper "a4" >> (source "default" >> ..." >> >> When the user adds this to their config.scm and reconfigures the >printer >> JUST WORKS. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -- >> Cheers >> Swedebugia >> > >I've found the CUPS config stuff somewhat problematic. >The config file is generated from another config file, and some other >things, that trigger >regenerating the config. Sometimes even the printer ink level is >regenerating cups configs, >which is really annoying. Modifying files in /etc is not a very nice >way to handle that indeed. >The problem is known upstream, and seems to be won't fix. If we could >get around that in any sane way, >I would be very happy. > >Best regards, >g_bor I did not understand what you meant. Does the cups server regenerate you printer config automatically? I'm surprised nobody forked the CUPS project long ago. Maybe this should be a high priority for GNU? -- Sent from my p≡p for Android.