add cups printing function

Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Compiler and flags
 CPPC = g++
-CPPC_FLAGS = -std=c++23 -s -O3 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-write-strings -lncurses -lmenu -lform
-DEBUG_FLAGS = -ggdb -std=c++23 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-write-strings -lncurses -lmenu -lform
+CPPC_FLAGS = -std=c++23 -s -O3 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-write-strings -lncurses -lmenu -lform -lcups
+DEBUG_FLAGS = -ggdb -std=c++23 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-write-strings -lncurses -lmenu -lform -lcups
 
 
 SRC_PATH := src

src/cups.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#include <cups/cups.h>
+#include <menu.h>
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+/**
+ * Displays a menu of available printers and prints content to the selected one
+ * @param content The text content to print
+ * @return true if printing was successful, false otherwise
+ */
+bool printDocument(const std::string& content) {
+  // Initialize variables
+  bool success = false;
+  cups_dest_t* dests = nullptr;
+  int num_dests = 0;
+  ITEM** menu_items = nullptr;
+  MENU* menu = nullptr;
+  WINDOW* menu_win = nullptr;
+  std::vector<char*> item_names;
+  std::vector<char*> item_descriptions;
+
+  // Write content to a temporary file
+  std::string tempFileName = "/tmp/print_temp_ParaDocs.txt";
+  std::ofstream tempFile(tempFileName);
+  if (!tempFile) {
+    return false;  // Failed to create temp file
+  }
+  tempFile << content;
+  tempFile.close();
+
+  // Get printer destinations from CUPS
+  num_dests = cupsGetDests(&dests);
+  if (num_dests <= 0) {
+    remove(tempFileName.c_str());
+    return false;  // No printers available
+  }
+
+  // Initialize ncurses
+  initscr();
+  start_color();
+  cbreak();
+  noecho();
+  keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
+
+  try {
+    // Allocate memory for menu items
+    menu_items = new ITEM*[num_dests + 1];
+
+    // Prepare menu items for each printer
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_dests; i++) {
+      // Create display name
+      std::string display_name;
+      if (dests[i].instance) {
+        display_name = std::string(dests[i].name) + "/" + dests[i].instance;
+      } else {
+        display_name = dests[i].name;
+      }
+
+      // Allocate memory for name string
+      char* name_str = new char[display_name.length() + 1];
+      std::strcpy(name_str, display_name.c_str());
+      item_names.push_back(name_str);
+
+      // Get description if available
+      const char* desc =
+          cupsGetOption("printer-info", dests[i].num_options, dests[i].options);
+      std::string description = desc ? desc : "";
+
+      // Allocate memory for description string
+      char* desc_str = new char[description.length() + 1];
+      std::strcpy(desc_str, description.c_str());
+      item_descriptions.push_back(desc_str);
+
+      // Create menu item
+      menu_items[i] = new_item(name_str, desc_str);
+      if (!menu_items[i]) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to create menu item");
+      }
+    }
+    menu_items[num_dests] = nullptr;  // NULL-terminate the array
+
+    // Create the menu
+    menu = new_menu(menu_items);
+    if (!menu) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Failed to create menu");
+    }
+
+    // Set up menu window
+    int rows, cols;
+    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    menu_win = newwin(rows - 4, cols - 4, 2, 2);
+    keypad(menu_win, TRUE);
+
+    // Set menu window and sub window
+    set_menu_win(menu, menu_win);
+    set_menu_sub(menu, derwin(menu_win, rows - 6, cols - 6, 1, 1));
+    set_menu_format(menu, rows - 8, 1);
+    set_menu_mark(menu, " * ");
+
+    // Post the menu with instructions
+    mvprintw(0, 0, "Select a printer and press Enter:");
+    mvprintw(rows - 2, 0, "Press q to cancel");
+    refresh();
+    post_menu(menu);
+    wrefresh(menu_win);
+
+    // Menu interaction loop
+    int c;
+    while ((c = wgetch(menu_win)) != 'q') {
+      switch (c) {
+        case KEY_DOWN:
+          menu_driver(menu, REQ_DOWN_ITEM);
+          break;
+        case KEY_UP:
+          menu_driver(menu, REQ_UP_ITEM);
+          break;
+        case 10:  // Enter key
+        {
+          ITEM* cur = current_item(menu);
+          int index = item_index(cur);
+
+          // Print the document to the selected printer
+          int job_id =
+              cupsPrintFile(dests[index].name, tempFileName.c_str(),
+                            "Document from application",
+                            dests[index].num_options, dests[index].options);
+
+          if (job_id > 0) {
+            success = true;
+            mvprintw(rows - 1, 0, "Printing job %d submitted successfully",
+                     job_id);
+          } else {
+            mvprintw(rows - 1, 0, "Error: %s", cupsLastErrorString());
+          }
+          refresh();
+          napms(2000);  // Display message for 2 seconds
+          c = 'q';      // Exit the loop
+          goto exit_menu;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      wrefresh(menu_win);
+    }
+  } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+    mvprintw(0, 0, "Error: %s", e.what());
+    refresh();
+    napms(2000);
+  }
+exit_menu:
+
+  // Clean up resources
+  if (menu) {
+    unpost_menu(menu);
+    free_menu(menu);
+  }
+
+  if (menu_items) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_dests && menu_items[i]; i++) {
+      free_item(menu_items[i]);
+    }
+    delete[] menu_items;
+  }
+
+  // Free allocated strings
+  for (char* str : item_names) {
+    delete[] str;
+  }
+  for (char* str : item_descriptions) {
+    delete[] str;
+  }
+
+  if (menu_win) {
+    delwin(menu_win);
+  }
+
+  // End ncurses
+  endwin();
+
+  // Remove temp file
+  remove(tempFileName.c_str());
+
+  // Free CUPS destinations
+  cupsFreeDests(num_dests, dests);
+
+  return success;
+}

src/cups.h

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef PARADOCS_CUPS_H_
+#define PARADOCS_CUPS_H_
+
+
+bool printDocument(const std::string& content);
+
+#endif