> because in a command line environment i don't have to start up an > editor, i just type "lpr foo.txt". it seems to me that this *must* be > possible from the GUI equivalent, but in GNOME at least i cannot find > it. In KDE it's right click->action->print. Naturally this would only work with text or postscript files (and possibly some other kde native formats), otherwise you'd need a app that converts it, e.g. the app that wrote it. /Robert -- http://spamatica.se/musicsite/