From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Printing from WindowXP version of emacs
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:53:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uk6e5pgmv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43A27ACF.1040705@student.lu.se> (message from Lennart Borgman on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:29:03 +0100)
> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:29:03 +0100
> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
> CC: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> >>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:35:51 +0100
> >>From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
> >>Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> >>
> >>See http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PrintWithWebBrowser
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Yuck! Don't we have a better way than to submit print jobs to Notepad
> >and Explorer??
> >
> Did you try it?
What for? I've read the code, and I understand what it does. I don't
doubt for a second that it will work, because I know what ShellExecute
is and does on Windows.
> I have not yet seen a more easy way to print with Emacs on MS
> Windows.
How is it easier than setting up lpr-program and printer-name in your
`.emacs' (which is what I do on all the Windows machines I use)?
> Before I wrote this I tested all the alternatives in the
> Emacs MS Windows FAQ. Nothing worked for the networked printers on my job.
The NTEmacs FAQ is very old and probably outdated; it is no longer
maintained, AFAIK. If you wish to retrace the testing you did back
there, I'm sure we could find a solution that is better than passing
the buck to Notepad.
> What you get is printing in colors (if your printer supports it of
> course). It looks exactly as that you have on your screen in Emacs. This
> is what I need.
You are free to do what you want, but I have grave reservations about
recommending such solutions to Emacs users at large, while other
solutions exist. Certainly not as the first alternative. IMHO, at
the very least.
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2005-12-15 15:31 Printing from WindowXP version of emacs sbrown
2005-12-15 18:30 ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-15 18:35 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-16 7:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-16 8:29 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-16 8:53 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2005-12-16 14:53 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-16 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-17 2:42 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-17 8:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-17 9:38 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-12-17 11:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-17 15:50 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-17 16:31 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-12-17 21:25 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-17 23:55 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-12-21 18:15 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-21 21:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-21 22:50 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-21 23:41 ` Edward O'Connor
2005-12-21 23:51 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-17 9:51 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-17 13:11 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.19684.1134911288.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-18 18:22 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2005-12-18 19:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2005-12-19 17:53 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2005-12-19 21:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.19861.1135028638.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-20 1:11 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2005-12-20 4:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.19893.1135054520.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-20 22:40 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2005-12-21 4:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.20004.1135140203.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-22 23:11 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2005-12-23 8:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.20241.1135327583.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-30 0:38 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2005-12-30 11:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.20871.1135945105.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-01-05 6:53 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2006-01-05 16:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.21485.1136479302.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-01-07 12:02 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2006-01-07 12:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-20 14:45 ` Peter Boettcher
2005-12-20 20:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-20 22:22 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-21 4:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-21 7:49 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-21 18:39 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-21 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-21 20:11 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-21 22:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-21 22:48 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-22 4:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-22 8:02 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-22 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-22 20:46 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-23 8:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-23 14:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-23 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-24 13:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-24 14:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-24 14:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-16 9:26 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-12-16 10:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-16 9:19 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-12-16 10:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-16 14:19 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.19545.1134911104.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-19 9:58 ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-19 21:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.19857.1135027571.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-20 7:41 ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-20 19:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-20 20:59 ` Drew Adams
2005-12-15 19:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2005-12-15 19:36 Jay Bingham
2005-12-19 11:18 LENNART BORGMAN
2005-12-19 21:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-19 22:11 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-19 23:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-19 23:30 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-20 4:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] <mailman.19804.1134991437.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-19 16:28 ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-20 10:58 LENNART BORGMAN
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2005-12-20 17:15 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-01-03 0:49 BRUCE INGALLS
2006-01-03 5:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-03 9:44 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.21202.1136265134.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-01-03 13:06 ` Chris McMahan
2006-01-03 19:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-03 21:52 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.21297.1136325265.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-01-03 22:08 ` David Kastrup
2006-01-03 22:12 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-01-03 13:08 LENNART BORGMAN
2006-01-03 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-04 0:34 BRUCE INGALLS
2006-01-04 10:00 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-01-05 1:56 ` BRUCE INGALLS
2006-01-05 13:01 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-01-05 15:41 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-01-05 21:17 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-01-06 8:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-05 20:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-05 21:18 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-01-06 8:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-06 11:59 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-01-06 14:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-04 5:10 BRUCE INGALLS
2006-01-04 8:45 LENNART BORGMAN
2006-01-04 18:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-04 19:14 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-01-05 1:17 ` BRUCE INGALLS
2006-01-05 9:24 LENNART BORGMAN
2006-01-05 16:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-05 21:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-01-06 9:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-07 5:00 BRUCE INGALLS
2006-01-07 9:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-08 1:06 BRUCE INGALLS
2006-01-08 4:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-09 8:29 LENNART BORGMAN
2006-01-09 11:42 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-01-10 3:13 ` BRUCE INGALLS
2006-01-10 10:19 LENNART BORGMAN
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