From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: michael@elehack.net, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Printing
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:17:52 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <buoljqlqa6n.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <umyb1jc98.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:14:59 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> What other way to print are you thinking of?
>
> The way every modern platform does that: through a printer API,
> whereby you select fonts and layout, then render text to some device,
> and the text gets printed to the printer you select.
But that's exactly what postscript _is_ -- a printer API that lets you
select fonts and layout and then renders text to some device....
It's sad that some printers don't support it, but it's not like the
alternatives are much more dependable (maybe pdf is, these days, but
it's basically postscript, so maybe something could be worked out).
-Miles
--
Cat, n. A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when
things go wrong in the domestic circle.
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2009-03-28 10:31 Printing Андрей Парамонов
2009-03-28 14:56 ` Printing Jan Djärv
2009-03-31 2:13 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-02 9:39 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-04 2:44 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-04 6:54 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-04 7:25 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-04 9:40 ` Printing Leo
2009-04-04 22:00 ` Printing Richard M Stallman
2009-04-05 1:07 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-06 8:03 ` Printing Kenichi Handa
2009-04-06 8:45 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-06 11:47 ` Printing Kenichi Handa
2009-04-06 23:47 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-07 1:01 ` Printing Kenichi Handa
2009-04-07 1:14 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-08 1:19 ` Future of display engine [Re: Printing] Kenichi Handa
2009-04-08 1:53 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-07 9:46 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-08 1:33 ` Printing Kenichi Handa
2009-05-01 23:30 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-04-19 10:21 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2012-05-05 3:06 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2012-05-07 3:38 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2012-05-07 11:25 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2012-05-08 1:04 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2012-05-08 1:25 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2012-05-08 2:15 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2012-05-08 10:59 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2012-05-09 14:50 ` Printing Jason Rumney
2012-05-09 14:58 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2012-05-07 12:46 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2012-05-07 13:07 ` Printing joakim
2012-05-07 17:20 ` Printing Simon Leinen
2012-05-08 1:11 ` Printing YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2009-03-28 15:46 ` Printing Michael Ekstrand
2009-03-28 18:37 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-03-28 20:52 ` Printing Андрей Парамонов
2009-03-30 13:06 ` Printing Michael Ekstrand
2009-03-30 15:24 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-03-30 18:38 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-31 1:56 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-03-31 3:15 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-01 0:52 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-01 3:14 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-01 4:17 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2009-04-01 17:53 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-01 4:24 ` Printing Jason Rumney
2009-04-01 17:56 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-01 8:11 ` Printing Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-04-01 14:36 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-01 18:16 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-01 23:42 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-02 13:02 ` Printing Richard M Stallman
2009-04-02 19:37 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-02 10:08 ` Printing tomas
2009-04-02 10:52 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-02 11:51 ` Printing tomas
2009-04-02 11:49 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-02 13:37 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-02 13:47 ` Printing Óscar Fuentes
2009-04-02 13:55 ` Printing Samuel Bronson
2009-04-02 14:24 ` Printing Óscar Fuentes
2009-04-02 14:34 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-02 14:00 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-02 16:15 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-02 16:47 ` Printing Reiner Steib
2009-04-02 19:44 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-03 0:43 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-02 20:56 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-04 0:00 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-04 0:36 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-04 0:45 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-04 1:05 ` Printing Óscar Fuentes
2009-04-04 6:52 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-04 8:57 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-04 9:22 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-04 9:49 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-28 20:30 ` Printing James Cloos
2009-03-29 2:15 ` Printing Richard M Stallman
2009-03-29 3:20 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-30 1:17 ` Printing Richard M Stallman
2009-03-30 3:10 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-30 6:36 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-03-30 18:41 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-30 19:04 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-03-30 20:48 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-30 20:53 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-03-30 20:59 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-30 21:27 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-03-31 3:19 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-30 21:46 ` Printing Óscar Fuentes
2009-03-30 21:50 ` Printing Richard M Stallman
2009-03-31 3:18 ` Printing Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-31 19:14 ` Printing Richard M Stallman
2009-03-30 18:03 ` Printing Андрей Парамонов
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-12-17 12:31 printing Gottfried
2022-12-17 13:09 ` printing tomas
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2022-12-14 17:27 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-16 15:27 ` printing Gottfried
2022-12-16 22:26 ` printing Michael Heerdegen
2022-12-17 6:29 ` printing tomas
2022-12-17 7:41 ` printing Emanuel Berg
2022-12-17 13:48 ` printing Gottfried
2022-12-17 16:30 ` printing tomas
2016-03-03 14:35 Printing Sharon Kimble
2016-03-03 20:22 ` Printing tomas
2016-03-05 13:40 ` Printing Robert Thorpe
2009-04-01 17:22 Printing grischka
2009-04-01 18:55 ` Printing David De La Harpe Golden
2009-04-01 18:58 ` Printing David De La Harpe Golden
2009-04-01 20:51 ` Printing grischka
2009-04-01 21:19 ` Printing Lennart Borgman
2009-04-02 0:09 ` Printing David De La Harpe Golden
2009-04-01 23:32 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-02 2:33 ` Printing grischka
2009-04-02 3:05 ` Printing Samuel Bronson
2009-04-02 13:41 ` Printing grischka
2009-04-02 13:31 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2009-04-02 18:39 ` Printing grischka
2009-04-02 18:53 ` Printing Stefan Monnier
2003-03-18 21:18 printing Kevin Reeder
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