diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bb44e184ea..37a3677957 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-10-18  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
+
+	* src/lyxrc.C (Read): RC_PRINTEXSTRAOPTIONS now uses
+	LyXLex::netx() and not eatline() to get its argument.
+
 1999-10-16  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@lyx.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am (rpmdist): added a rpmdist target
diff --git a/lib/lyxrc.example b/lib/lyxrc.example
index 95f1eeae2f..8493fa6bb4 100644
--- a/lib/lyxrc.example
+++ b/lib/lyxrc.example
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
 
 # Extra options to pass to printing program after everything 
 # else, but before the filename of the DVI file to be printed.
-#\print_extra_options
+#\print_extra_options ""
 
 # When set, this printer option automatically prints to a file 
 # and then calls a separate print spooling program on that file
diff --git a/src/lyxrc.C b/src/lyxrc.C
index 9791d88ff5..4e8e9bd004 100644
--- a/src/lyxrc.C
+++ b/src/lyxrc.C
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ int LyXRC::Read(string const &filename)
 			break;
 			
 		case RC_PRINTEXSTRAOPTIONS:
-			if (lexrc.EatLine())
+			if (lexrc.next())
 				print_extra_options = lexrc.GetString();
 			break;