[directed away from source-changes]

In article <199801150037.QAA21127@andare.fugue.com> you write:
> 
> Hm.   Windoze has an API for printing.   So does the Mac.   Do you
> consider them improvements over opening a pipe to lpr?

Yes, in the area of printing. lpr is half a printing interface at best.
Spooling and some format conversion capabilities does not a printing
interface make. Maybe, with the advent of printer support in X we'll
start to get there though.