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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e72250035821..d27745532a08 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -47,13 +47,18 @@ it's information which programme to execute. The Device URI to print to The Gimp is, for example: - cups-programme:/usr/bin/gimp?u=<user>&D=%C0.0&%s + cups-programme:/usr/bin/gimp?u=.CUPSUSER&DISPLAY=%C0.0&%s -where `<user>` is the name of the user `gimp` should be run as. If not -specified, it will be run as the user CUPS is running as, which might -not be desired. The `D=%C0.0` specifies the X11 display to use. In most -cases, `:0.0` is correct (`%C` will be replaced by `:`). (See section -"Device URI syntax" for a full description of the Device URI.) +where `.CUPSUSER` will be replaced by the user who invoked the CUPS +print job (if CUPS can infer; otherwise most probably it will be the +user CUPS runs it's backends as, e.g. `lp`) ind will be the user `gimp` +should be run as. If `u=[...]` is not specified, it will be run as the +user CUPS is running it's backends as, which might not be desired. The +`DISPLAY=%C0.0` specifies the X11 display to use. In most cases, `:0.0` +is correct (`%C` will be replaced by `:`). + +See section "Device URI syntax" for a full description of the Device +URI. After the Device URI has been entered, select a name and optionally a description and a location note for the printer. Then you are presented @@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ where: (otherwise CUPS will complain that it is not a correct URI; it expects a `/` after the `:`), * `?<options>` is optional and has the syntax - `<option>&<option>&<option>` etc. (arbitraryly many options, + `?<option>&<option>&<option>` etc. (arbitraryly many options, separated by `&`, are allowed). an `<option>` can be of the form: - `u=<user>` -- specifies that the executable should be run as user @@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ where: + 'jpg' (JPEG; uses ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick), + 'tif' (TIFF; uses ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick), - `<variable>=<value>` -- assigns `<value>` to the environment - variable `<variable>` and exports `<variable>`. + variable `<variable>` and exports `<variable>`, - anything else will be passed as positional arguments to the executable. * On `<path-to-executable>` and all the options (except `t=<filetype>`), |