From: michael@cadilhac.name (Michaël Cadilhac)
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How are Windows users supposed to print the PostScript refcards?
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:36:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87odhcfexo.fsf@lrde.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <v9wsw2bb6x.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (Reiner Steib's message of "Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:46:46 +0200")
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Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
> I think adding *.pdf is fine (only ~ 1 MB) for a real benefit of many
> users.
This is one point we all agree on, so let's do it.
> I didn't suggest to remove the PS versions, because on typical
> GNU/Linux systems, the PDF would be converted to PS during the
> printing process (e.g. with CUPS filters) so I'd rather keep the PS
> files. If size disk space is important, we may gzip the PS files like
> we do for *.el. Older Unix or GNU/Linux systems might not even be
> able to print PDF while they can handle PS fine.
I do agree. And I think there's no point saying on the one side ``Hey,
buddy, you can use Emacs on your good'ol MO-5 and your toaster !'' and on
the other side ``What ? You don't have a PDF viewer or converter ? Go
die !''.
I'd go for a patch like the following :
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Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/etc/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -c -r1.13 Makefile
*** Makefile 26 Jul 2007 05:26:03 -0000 1.13
--- Makefile 13 Aug 2007 00:33:12 -0000
***************
*** 27,44 ****
all: refcards dired-refcards misc-refcards
! refcards: refcard.ps cs-refcard.ps de-refcard.ps fr-refcard.ps \
pl-refcard.ps pt-br-refcard.ps ru-refcard.ps sk-refcard.ps
! dired-refcards: dired-ref.ps cs-dired-ref.ps fr-drdref.ps sk-dired-ref.ps
## No PS files: vipcard.tex viperCard.tex survival.tex sk-survival.tex
! misc-refcards: calccard.ps gnus-booklet.ps gnus-refcard.ps orgcard.ps
## Following PS files are not included with Emacs.
! survival-cards: survival.ps cs-survival.ps sk-survival.ps
! viper-cards: vipcard.ps viperCard.ps
## dvi files.
--- 27,49 ----
all: refcards dired-refcards misc-refcards
! REFCARDS = refcard.ps cs-refcard.ps de-refcard.ps fr-refcard.ps \
pl-refcard.ps pt-br-refcard.ps ru-refcard.ps sk-refcard.ps
+ refcards: ${REFCARDS} ${REFCARDS:.ps=.pdf}
! DIRED-REFCARDS = dired-ref.ps cs-dired-ref.ps fr-drdref.ps sk-dired-ref.ps
! dired-refcards: ${DIRED-REFCARDS} ${DIRED-REFCARDS:.ps=.pdf}
## No PS files: vipcard.tex viperCard.tex survival.tex sk-survival.tex
! MISC-REFCARDS = calccard.ps gnus-booklet.ps gnus-refcard.ps orgcard.ps
! misc-refcards: ${MISC-REFCARDS} ${MISC-REFCARDS:.ps=.pdf}
## Following PS files are not included with Emacs.
! SURVIVAL-CARDS = survival.ps cs-survival.ps sk-survival.ps
! survival-cards: ${SURVIVAL-CARDS} ${SURVIVAL-CARDS:.ps=.pdf}
! VIPER-CARDS = vipcard.ps viperCard.ps
! viper-cards: ${VIPER-CARDS} ${VIPER-CARDS:.ps=.pdf}
## dvi files.
***************
*** 93,98 ****
--- 98,112 ----
dvips -t letter $< -o $@
+ ## PDF files.
+
+ ## dvipdf uses dvips to create the PDF file, so use directly
+ ## GhostScript's ps2pdf.
+
+ ${REFCARDS:.ps=.pdf} ${DIRED-REFCARDS:.ps=.pdf} ${MISC-REFCARDS:.ps=.pdf} \
+ ${SURVIVAL-CARDS:.ps=.pdf} ${VIPER-CARDS:.ps=.pdf}: %.pdf: %.ps
+ ps2pdf $< $@
+
.PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean maintainer-clean unlock relock
mostlyclean:
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So ?
> There's no reason to convert ps-prin0.ps and ps-prin1.ps to PDF.
They weren't in the count, sorry I didn't mention it.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-13 0:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-08 20:37 How are Windows users supposed to print the PostScript refcards? Reiner Steib
2007-08-08 20:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-08-09 5:24 ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-09 19:46 ` Reiner Steib
2007-08-09 23:11 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-08-09 23:25 ` Chong Yidong
2007-08-09 23:56 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-10 2:27 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-08-10 9:53 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-10 13:51 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-08-10 14:22 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-10 17:45 ` Reiner Steib
2007-08-10 14:37 ` Jan Djärv
2007-08-10 14:49 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-10 19:34 ` jemarch
2007-08-11 10:46 ` Reiner Steib
2007-08-11 18:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-08-11 19:23 ` Reiner Steib
2007-08-13 0:36 ` Michaël Cadilhac [this message]
2007-08-13 1:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-08-13 10:56 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-16 10:04 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-17 0:32 ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-17 8:35 ` Reiner Steib
2007-08-17 8:57 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-19 9:24 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-19 10:28 ` Sven Joachim
2007-08-19 16:14 ` Reiner Steib
2007-08-17 20:17 ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-20 2:18 ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-20 4:18 ` Miles Bader
2007-08-20 9:58 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-23 10:00 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-26 21:32 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-13 7:48 ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-09 3:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-08-09 5:51 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-08-09 8:26 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-08-09 8:38 ` Frank Schmitt
2007-08-09 19:29 ` Reiner Steib
2007-08-09 22:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
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