# # Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program # # Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Donald N. Allingham # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # # $Id$ "Report Generation Framework" #------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # standard python modules # #------------------------------------------------------------------------- import os #------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Support for printing generated files # #------------------------------------------------------------------------- def get_print_dialog_app (): """Return the name of a program which sends stdin (or the program's arguments) to the printer.""" for printdialog in ["/usr/bin/kprinter --stdin", "/usr/share/printconf/util/print.py"]: if os.access (printdialog.split (' ')[0], os.X_OK): return printdialog return "lpr" def run_print_dialog (filename): """Send file to the printer, possibly throwing up a dialog to ask which one etc.""" os.environ["FILE"] = filename return os.system ('cat "$FILE" | %s &' % get_print_dialog_app ())