From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Printing Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:34:13 +0200 Message-ID: References: <5f0660120903281352v5d7ab83cy44fcff3cbf4581cb@mail.gmail.com> <20090402100822.GC28589@tomas> <20090402115119.GA29256@tomas> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238682892 3565 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2009 14:34:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:34:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 02 16:36:10 2009 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 1LpO1I-0005P8-Mp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:35:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40754 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LpNzu-0000BD-Nj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:34:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LpNzo-00008o-Do for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:34:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LpNzj-0008OB-GQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:34:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51875 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LpNzj-0008Nn-B1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:34:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f166.google.com ([209.85.220.166]:32906) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LpNzi-0004RB-Re for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:34:15 -0400 Original-Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so530804fxm.42 for ; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:34:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=MMLH0NY50HYiWfcwtZPom/b5pjdXu+vzwaHqib2NqmE=; b=LSvT9IPGQaasQyo5+QL+5S2XcmjKKRXNyw02hAC4maRPIuPkLeLcqPRU0RcvAaLTk7 UUVv2FkCBHTUusEB+KmWxr6V+CaiajBOGoE/36qPd4yBrM2s9I8/2zAbGq4iZaGiPTqt T5s6W+u+nualbi4chfwq0SLbOcOS8a0PtEZrQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WoPQOjS0GgqU7072KVYCeQCUpiZ7G67keO89rR9u4dKmUnWDlTs78NhJYste8r5S9J hzPhsCCu9lpzWVJT+aCSD5LsJKc4/QCShleoeDOmKue0M4VVJi07tUStS4GpBo0ljKZ8 y32YTWE+utwPII06FuJpYveDqqMz1+fddKDsY= Original-Received: by 10.223.126.66 with SMTP id b2mr89562fas.18.1238682853880; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:34:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:110008 Archived-At: On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:24 PM, =C3=93scar Fuentes wrote: > Driving Adobe Reader from an external application (or from the command > line) for printing is tricky: it relies on undocumented features that > changes with each version. OTOH, starting it for document viewing is > easy (although sometimes refuses to work). For printing purposes, > waiting for the pdf reader to start, then printing from it, is an > annoyance if you need to print often. If it is already started it shows a new document fast. And for w32 it is surely an easier alternative than most others. (I myself use the web browser + htmlfontify trick for printing. It is good enough for me, but I guess ps-print gives more flexibility.)