From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Printing from WindowXP version of emacs Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:53:28 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1134660719.186074.250590@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <43A1B787.9040001@student.lu.se> <43A27ACF.1040705@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134736402 30010 80.91.229.2 (16 Dec 2005 12:33:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:33:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 16 13:33:12 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EnElA-0002h1-L1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:32:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EnCyH-0008J9-7Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:37:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EnBMY-0001MQ-OC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:54:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EnBMS-0001Ki-6s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:54:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EnBMR-0001KY-N0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:54:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.17] (helo=gandalf.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EnBOp-0002Bq-1P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:57:11 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id HGX17751; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:53:29 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-152-179.inter.net.il [80.230.152.179]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.2-GA) with ESMTP id CFT71271 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:53:27 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <43A27ACF.1040705@student.lu.se> (message from Lennart Borgman on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:29:03 +0100) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:31987 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:29:03 +0100 > From: Lennart Borgman > CC: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:35:51 +0100 > >>From: Lennart Borgman > >>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.