printing with Emacs 21.3 and gsprint under Vista

printing with Emacs 21.3 and gsprint under Vista

[Heinz Tuechler]

Dear All,

because of a broken computer I had to change to a new one, which runs 
under Vista. Under XP I had no problem to print from Emacs 21.3 and gsprint.
Now, if I chose postscript print buffer, I see "Printing...done", but 
nothing happens.
Just to prevent more search and trials, may I ask, if it is in 
principle possible to print from Emacs 21.3 under Vista.

Thanks,

Heinz

Re: printing with Emacs 21.3 and gsprint under Vista

[B. T. Raven]

Heinz Tuechler wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> because of a broken computer I had to change to a new one, which runs 
> under Vista. Under XP I had no problem to print from Emacs 21.3 and 
> gsprint.
> Now, if I chose postscript print buffer, I see "Printing...done", but 
> nothing happens.
> Just to prevent more search and trials, may I ask, if it is in principle 
> possible to print from Emacs 21.3 under Vista.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Heinz

I'm sure it's possible, probably even with postscript printing. If the 
instructions here:

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PrintingFromEmacs

don't help, then follow link "PrintFromBrowser." That method is easier 
for me. That puts a new item under Menu>Files, "Quick Print (Using Browser)"

Also you should probably update to Emacs 22.3. It can be installed right 
on top of 21.3. It will overlay it with newer files.


Ed

Re: printing with Emacs 21.3 and gsprint under Vista

[Heinz Tuechler]

Thank you Ed,

In the meantime I followed the instructions, you mentioned and it 
works. It was my fault not to try them immediately, because I could 
not understand, why my earlier settings, which worked well under XP, 
did not the equally under Vista.
Long time ago, I considered to update to 22.3. I would like to 
install it in parallel to 21.3, but I could not find out, how to 
manage it because both would read the same .emacs configuration file 
and as far as I remember they would need to be different. In case 
there is a possibility to make Emacs 22.3 read a configuration file 
named different or stored in a different directory, I would be happy to know.
In any case, thank you for your response.

Heinz

At 18:50 02.04.2009, B. T. Raven wrote:
>Heinz Tuechler wrote:
>>Dear All,
>>because of a broken computer I had to change to a new one, which 
>>runs under Vista. Under XP I had no problem to print from Emacs 
>>21.3 and gsprint.
>>Now, if I chose postscript print buffer, I see "Printing...done", 
>>but nothing happens.
>>Just to prevent more search and trials, may I ask, if it is in 
>>principle possible to print from Emacs 21.3 under Vista.
>>Thanks,
>>Heinz
>
>I'm sure it's possible, probably even with postscript printing. If 
>the instructions here:
>
>http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PrintingFromEmacs
>
>don't help, then follow link "PrintFromBrowser." That method is 
>easier for me. That puts a new item under Menu>Files, "Quick Print 
>(Using Browser)"
>
>Also you should probably update to Emacs 22.3. It can be installed 
>right on top of 21.3. It will overlay it with newer files.
>
>
>Ed

Re: printing with Emacs 21.3 and gsprint under Vista

[Lennart Borgman]

> Long time ago, I considered to update to 22.3. I would like to install it in
> parallel to 21.3, but I could not find out, how to manage it because both
> would read the same .emacs configuration file and as far as I remember they
> would need to be different. In case there is a possibility to make Emacs
> 22.3 read a configuration file named different or stored in a different
> directory, I would be happy to know.

Just split your .emacs and do something like

      (cond
       ( (equal emacs-version "21.3.1")
         (setq custom-file "~/.emacs-cust-21.3.el"))
       ( t
         (setq custom-file "~/.emacs-cust-cvs.el")
         ))
      (when (file-exists-p custom-file)
        (load custom-file)))

Re: printing with Emacs 21.3 and gsprint under Vista

[Heinz Tuechler]

Thank you Lennart,

as soon as I find time, I will try it.

Heinz

At 23:05 02.04.2009, Lennart Borgman wrote:
> > Long time ago, I considered to update to 22.3. I would like to 
> install it in
> > parallel to 21.3, but I could not find out, how to manage it because both
> > would read the same .emacs configuration file and as far as I remember they
> > would need to be different. In case there is a possibility to make Emacs
> > 22.3 read a configuration file named different or stored in a different
> > directory, I would be happy to know.
>
>Just split your .emacs and do something like
>
>       (cond
>        ( (equal emacs-version "21.3.1")
>          (setq custom-file "~/.emacs-cust-21.3.el"))
>        ( t
>          (setq custom-file "~/.emacs-cust-cvs.el")
>          ))
>       (when (file-exists-p custom-file)
>         (load custom-file)))