From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: w32 issues Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:20:14 +0000 Message-ID: <4793E53E.3040905@gnu.org> References: <200801192020.m0JKKUWl017748@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <479388A9.9010600@gmail.com> <200801201755.m0KHtuDH003880@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <47938D58.4010809@gmail.com> <200801201820.m0KIKxtW012230@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <47939341.6010903@gmail.com> <4793C620.2000500@gnu.org> <4793CD7D.6070004@gmail.com> <4793D8AA.70809@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1200874843 9621 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2008 00:20:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:20:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 21 01:21:02 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JGkPG-0002WT-4Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:20:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JGkOq-0005EY-Ff for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:20:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JGkOl-0005AJ-DY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:20:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JGkOj-00055x-O5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:20:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JGkOj-00055f-Hi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:20:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mk-outboundfilter-4.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.32]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JGkOj-0006to-B9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:20:21 -0500 Original-X-Trace: 14649519/mk-outboundfilter-2.mail.uk.tiscali.com/F2S/$ACCEPTED/freedom2Surf-customers/83.67.23.108 X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 83.67.23.108 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: jasonr@gnu.org X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAEtzk0dTQxds/2dsb2JhbAAIkWOYbg X-IP-Direction: OUT Original-Received: from i-83-67-23-108.freedom2surf.net (HELO [127.0.0.1]) ([83.67.23.108]) by smtp.f2s.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 21 Jan 2008 00:20:20 +0000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:87147 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero wrote: > On Jan 21, 2008 12:26 AM, Jason Rumney wrote: > > >> There is no such thing as a GDI printer. >> > > The term is (if you trust the Wikipedia) apparently in common use: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Device_Interface#GDI_printers > > Juanma > Common usage is not a good reason to get sloppy with language. It gives the false impression that such printers are somehow tied to a proprietary operating system's proprietary graphics API. The reality is that most such printers support a wider range of output (such as plain unformatted text, and postscript) when controlled by Free Software like CUPS or Ghostscript.