v13i019: VN newsreader, 1/88 version, Part01/05

[Mike Bell]

>From article <373 at fig.bbn.com>, by rsalz at bbn.com (Rich Salz):
> Submitted-by: Bob Mcqueer <amdahl!rtech!rtech!bobm at UUNET.UU.NET>
> Posting-number: Volume 13, Issue 19
> Archive-name: vn.jan.88/part01


There is a misfeature in the handling of the PRINTER environment
variable (unser Sun/BSD).

vn assumes that PRINTER contains the name of a print command
(such as /usr/ucb/lpr)

However, lpr, enscript, and other print utilities assume that
PRINTER is the *name* of a printer (ie. the PRINTER variable
is equivalent to the -P option).

This causes problems if you are not using the standard printer.  The
source fixes are fairly obvious.
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