Re: "vtprint" doesn't work with Mutt when inside Screen

[Brian Mathis]

According to the vtprint man page, it uses terminal escape sequences to 
activate the printer.  When screen is running, it inserts a layer in 
between the program and your terminal program, which is what allows 
screen to perform its magic, and will also catch those sequences and 
prevent vtprint from functioning.  This is expected behavior according 
to how screen works.

You probably get the "successful" message because vtprint cannot know if 
paper actually came out of the printer, so it's really just guessing.


Henry Nelson wrote:
> I use PuTTY to login to a shell account for reading/sending mail.
> >From the shell without running Screen, I can print from Mutt
> using "vtprint" (prints out on printer attached to local terminal).
>
> When I evoke Mutt from a Screen session, nothing is sent to the
> printer, even though I get a message on the display that vtprint
> successfully printed a page.  Is there something I've overlooked
> that would have Screen send the printer output to the terminal?
>
> TIA
>
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