--- name: "muttprint" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "muttprint" version: "0.73-12" release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/muttprint" --- # muttprint(1) muttprint - pretty printing of mails with Mutt ## SYNOPSIS muttprint \[*options*\]... \[-f *file*\] ## DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the **Muttprint** utility. This manual page was written originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program did not have a manual page, but now I took over this man page in POD-format. **Muttprint** is a utility that formats the printing of Mutt and other mail clients like XFMail or PINE to be like the printing of Netscape Messenger or Kmail. It can print a little penguin on the first page and a headline on every page. Furthermore, it only prints the most important headers, but not the whole plethora of them. For detailed information about Muttprint look read the User's guide in PDF and HTML format at */usr/share/doc/muttprint/*. Anyway, you have to put the following line in your */etc/Muttrc* or *~/.muttrc*: ``` set print_command="muttprint" ``` If you want to customize the settings of **Muttprint**, just copy */usr/share/doc/muttprint/sample-muttprintrc-en* to */etc/Muttprintrc* or *~/.muttprintrc* in reliance if you want change the settings for the whole system or one user. **Muttprint** defaults to English language settings if the environment variable *LANG* is not set. For example in a German environment you should set: ``` export LANG=de_DE ``` This can for instance be done in in your local *~/.bashrc*. For a more detailed information about localization of **Muttprint** read the User's guide. ## OPTIONS **PLEASE NOTICE:** This options override the corresponding settings in *~/.muttprintrc* and */etc/Muttprintrc*. And here's the description of all command line options (a descriptions of the settings in the rcfile is included in the *sample-muttprintrc-en* distributed with **Muttprint**): - **-h, --help** Prints a list of all possible options. - **-v, --version** Prints the current version of **Muttprint**. - **--print-locale** Prints out information about the current locale environment and exits. - **-f** *file***, --file** *file* Reads from file instead of STDIN. Useful for some mail clients as *XFMail*. If *file* is *-*, **Muttprint** reads from STDIN. - **-p** *printername***, --printer** *printername* Uses another printer than the default printer or the setting in the rcfile. You can also **print in file** using *TO\_FILE:/path/to/file* as printer name. If you would like to have the result in **STDOUT**, set the printer name to *-*. - **-C** *print command***, --printcommand** *print command* Sets the command which is used for printing to *print command*. Thereby the string *$PRINTER* is replaced by the specified printer name. CUPS support could be activated by *CUPS*; alternatively you can specify any command that contains the string *$CUPS\_OPTIONS* which is replaced by the options used for CUPS. - **-i** *file***, --penguin** *file* Takes *file* as picture printed on the right top of the sheet. *file* must contain the full path. Set *file* to *off* if you wouldn't like to print a picture. - **-x, --x-face** \| **-nox, --nox-face** Turns on or off the printing of the picture which was transmitted in the *X-Face:* header. Read the documentation for a detailed explanation. - **-t** *number***, --speed** *number* This is the amount of time in seconds which your printer needs to print one page. It is only necessary if you use duplex printing. Default is 30 (seconds). - **-w** *number***, --wait** *number* Amount of time in seconds which **Muttprint** should wait between printing odd and even pages for duplex printing. - **-F** *fontname***, --font** *fontname* Here you can choose a nice font family for your printing. Possible are: *Latex*, *Latex-bright*, *Latin-modern*, *Times*, *Utopia*, *Palatino*, *Charter*, *Bookman*, *CentSchool*, *Chancery*, *Helvetica* and *AvantGarde*. If all fonts are available on your system depends of your installed LaTeX-system. Default is *Latex*. - **-H, --headrule** \| **-noH, --noheadrule** Here you can choose whether it should be printed a rule after the top line on pages greater than 2 or not. - **-b, --footrule** \| **-nob, --nofootrule** Here you can choose whether it should be printed a rule over the foot line or not. - **-S** *style***, --frontstyle** *style* Choose a style for the printing of the mail headers on the first page: *plain*, *border* (default), *Border*, *fbox*, *shadowbox*, *ovalbox*, *Ovalbox*, *doublebox*, *grey*, *greybox*. Read the manual for a detailed description of this values. - **-a** *headers***, --printed-headers** *headers* Specify the headers that should be printed. Separate each header with `"_"`. Headers that are embedded in *\** are printed bold; use */* for italic printing. If a header does not exist, it will be omitted. The given order is the same as on the printing. Two examples: ``` Date_To_From_CC_Newsgroups_*Subject* (default) /Date/_To_From_X-Mailer_*/Subject/* ``` - **-P** *paperformat***, --paper** *paperformat* Choose your paper format: *A4* in most countries ("DIN A4" in Germany) and *letter* in the U.S. - **-e** *String***, --date** *String* This option accepts two settings: *original* and *local*. If you use *original*, the date will be printed unchanged as it appears in the mail header, i. e. in English and in the sender's time zone. If set to *local*, the date will be printed in the local language and in the system's time zone. See the options *--date-format* and *--lang*. Examples: ``` original: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:43:49 +0100 local: Dienstag, 15. Januar 2002 21:43:49 (German locale) ``` - **-E** *String***, --date-format** *String* This options allows you to change the date format (if you've chosen *local* before). The argument is a format string according to [**strftime**(3)](/strftime/3.md), e. g.: ``` "%A, %d. %B %Y %H:%M:%S" (standard in Germany) "%a, %d.%m.%y %H:%M" (shorten form) "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" (ISO format) ``` - **-A** *String***, --addressformat** *String* With this option you can set how mail addresses are printed. The value *original* does not change the header. Otherwise you have to specify a format string; following substitutions are done: ``` %r name ("real name") %a mail address \n newline ``` The default setting is *%r \<%a\>,\\n*. Moreover, you can emphasize some parts with bold or italic printing. You have to enclose these parts with stars (`"*"`) for bold or with slashes (`"/"`) for italics. Example: ``` "/%r/ (%a)," ``` The quotes are necessary because the string contains spaces. Otherwise the shell splits the string into two parts. - **-n** *String***, --verbatimnormal** *String* This sets the options which are passed to the *Verbatim* environment that is necessary to print the normal mail text. Detailed explanations are in the user's guide. Some examples: ``` fontshape=it italic fonts frame=topline border above the block fontfamily=helvetica Helvetica font fontsize=\Huge huge font ``` To combine options, you have to separate each option with a comma, e. g. *fontshape=it,fontseries=b*. - **-V** *String***, --verbatimsig** *String* Same as **--verbatimnormal**, but this sets how the signature is printed. If the argument is *raw*, there is now discrimination between normal text and signature. - **-D, --debug** \| **-noD, --nodebug** Choose whether **Muttprint** writes to a log file */tmp/muttprint.log*. Useful to ask some other about help if **Muttprint** doesn't work. - **-B, --background** \| **-noB, --nobackground** After reading from standard input, **Muttprint** runs in the background. The advantage is that the you can use mail client immediately after start printing. The disadvantage is that error message could not be printed anymore. So use this option only if **Muttprint** works error-free on your system. - **-d, --duplex** \| **-nod, --noduplex** Enables or disables duplex printing. If enabled, **Muttprint** prints only odd pages and waits some time before it prints even pages. - **-2** \| **-1** Prints two pages on one sheet as shown here: ``` +----------+----------+ | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | +----------+----------+ ``` This feature is called *papersave mode* in the manual and in the rcfile. - **-g** *number***, --topmargin** *number* Sets the top margin in millimeters. - **-G** *number***, --bottommargin** *number* Sets the bottom margin in millimeters. - **-j** *number***, --leftmargin** *number* Sets the left margin in millimeters. - **-J** *number***, --rightmargin** *number* Sets the right margin in millimeters. - **-s, --rem\_sig** \| **-nos, --norem\_sig** Removes the signature (separated by `"-- "`) in the printing. This is useful for very long signatures. But more and more people (or mail clients) doesn't separate the signature correctly so this feature works not always, see also the next option. - **--sig\_regexp** *Regular Expression* Sets the regular expression (in Perl syntax) used to recognize signatures. The default is *^-- $*. - **-q, --rem\_quote** \| **-noq, --norem\_quote** Remove the quoted paragraph from the printing. **Muttprint** detects the quoting with the same regular expression as Mutt, so it should work. - **-z** *size***, --fontsize** *size* Specifies the font size. Possible values are *10pt*, *11pt* and *12pt*. - **-W** *number***, --wrapmargin** *number* Controls how long the longest line could be. Longer lines are wrapped automatically and the paragraph will be reformatted. - **-r** *file***, --rcfile** *file* Specifies another configuration file, which is read additionally to */etc/Muttprintrc* and *~/.muttprintrc*. This file overwrites all other settings, including this one which are done by command line parameters. (It makes no sense to include other options despite *-f* if you use this option.) ## FILES - */usr/bin/muttprint* The program **Muttprint** itself. - */usr/bin/muttprint-langinfo* Helping program for reading the system's default encoding. - */etc/Muttprintrc* System-wide configuration file. - *~/.muttprintrc* User configuration file. - */tmp/muttprint-XXXXX* Temporary files created by **Muttprint**. - */usr/share/doc/muttprint/* **Muttprint** manual files in different languages and formats. - */usr/share/ospics/* Some pictures which can be used for printing on the first page of your mail. - */usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/muttprint/translations* Translation files. ## SEE ALSO [**mutt**(1)](/mutt/1.md) Homepage: *http://muttprint.sf.net* ## COPYRIGHT © 2000-03 Bernhard Walle This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ## AUTHOR Bernhard Walle \ ## MAINTAINER Lukas Ruf \