From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tekk Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: strange "feature" Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:34:44 -0400 Message-ID: <20121015053444.GA24525@Wes.ec.rr.com> References: <20121013162016.GA10794@Wes.ec.rr.com> <83r4p25mqn.fsf@gnu.org> <20121013194705.GA26873@Wes.ec.rr.com> <87obk47456.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1350279300 1282 80.91.229.3 (15 Oct 2012 05:35:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 15 07:35:07 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TNdKP-0004Hm-E0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:35:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50760 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNdKI-000115-MV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:34:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46601) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNdKG-0000x5-3e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:34:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNdKF-0007ZJ-1U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:34:51 -0400 Original-Received: from li281-170.members.linode.com ([173.255.255.170]:37874 helo=parlementum.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNdKE-0007ZE-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:34:50 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (cpe-071-077-203-175.ec.res.rr.com [71.77.203.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tekk) by parlementum.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A1B7028233; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:34:47 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87obk47456.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 173.255.255.170 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:154344 Archived-At: On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 01:25:41PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Tekk writes: > > > No, sorry; I'm on debian. Also sorry for the bad from: line before, > > I thought that mutt would automatically pick up my smtp stuff but > > apparently not :) > > The basic print functions in Emacs are for printing buffer contents, > not formatted documents. > > Presumably view could be configured to DTRT, but I have no trouble > with just "M-! lp foo.pdf RET" (using CUPS, which is a sad excuse for > a print spooler, but that's a completely different story). > > > It's certainly possible, but I in general I think it'd be preferable for emacs to dtrt, especially if your printer apparently doesn't like when you cancel jobs(as mine does,) and you aren't aware of it.