From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: w32 issues Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:23 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200801192020.m0JKKUWl017748@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200801201710.m0KHAoKn021472@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> <4793DC1B.20505@gmail.com> <4793E37A.6040303@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1200949019 27487 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2008 20:56:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:56:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, dann@ics.uci.edu, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jason Rumney To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 21 21:57:18 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 1JH3hi-0008EE-TP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:57:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JH3hJ-00021V-DJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:56:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JH3g9-0000jo-Ud for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JH3g8-0000iH-Gt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JH3g8-0000hu-6A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:36 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JH3fx-0002FW-PM; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:25 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAALeVlEfO+IHadGdsb2JhbACQGgEwmkJ+ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,229,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="13012249" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 21 Jan 2008 15:55:23 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.129.218]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id BVY78123; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:23 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2FF147F8C; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:23 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:30:20 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:87248 Archived-At: > GDI is an API developed by Microsoft. The real problem is not the API > itself, but rather that GDI printers are exclusively accessible via a > proprietary protocol. Therefore, GDI printers should actually be called > "printers exclusively accessible via a proprietary protocol". > Do these printers work only with Windows? Most of them have drivers available under GNU/Linux as well. But it's generally still a proprietary protocol, and often the manufacturer provides no help at all. Stefan