From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Waleed Yousef Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24724: 25.1; Arabic Printing Problem Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:17:04 +0000 Message-ID: <87a8e18tm7.fsf@fcih.net> References: <87r37d1vc6.fsf@fcih.net> <83eg3dwva7.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1476806393 18878 195.159.176.226 (18 Oct 2016 15:59:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:59:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: 24724@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 18 17:59:38 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWnV-0001hg-5f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:14:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost ([156.204.120.174]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id rv12sm63669493wjb.29.2016.10.18.08.14.57 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:14:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83eg3dwva7.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:07:12 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:124635 Archived-At: Ok, thanks so much for your fast reply. I just want to be able to print Arabic buffers to pdf or to printer. I searched alot and then found the .emacs snippet that I included in my email. If there is another easier way that will be great. Regarding printing from other software, yes I am able to print, e.g., from Libreoffice. However, I did not try others. Thanks and looking forward. Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Waleed Yousef >> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:21:45 +0000 >> >> When I write Arabic in Emacs buffer, it writes well. However, to print >> the buffer I use ps-spool-buffer, then save the buffer to tmp.ps then >> open using gs. However, the ps file has letters in revers order. > > How does this work with other software which produces PostScript? > Does PostScript have a way to ask the printer to reorder the text? if > so, how? Or is the program that generates PS supposed to reorder the > text? In the latter case, we need to modify ps-print to do that. > >> I use this in my .emacs: > > Can you explain why and how this does the job? Is there something > special in djvmono.bdf font? Or am I missing the part that reorders > the bidirectional text?