On 01/11/08 09:07, bill lam wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Nov 2008, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>
>> On 01/11/08 02:57, bill lam wrote:
>>> afaics gtk-gvim use linux console mode printing commands. Will gvim
>>> use the more user friendly gtk printing system? I wish I can use gvim
>>> instead of gedit/geany for printing
>>>
>> If the ":hardcopy" command, and the options displayed by
>>
>> :help 'print<Ctrl-D>
>>
>> are not friendly enough for you, you may load the editfile in your
>> favourite browser (maybe copy it first to some *.txt filename make sure
>> it will be treated as text/plain) and print from there.
>
> This is the workaround I currently use.
>
> :hardcopy in win32 gvim will pop up a familiar print dialog for
> choosing or config printers. gtk should have a similar dialog
> available but gvim choose to ignore that.
>
> Hypothetically, if :hardcopy on win32 gvim is the same as that in
> linux gvim, I guess notepad will also be needed as a workaround for
> printing.
>
> That said, I did not suggest that gtk print dialog should be used in
> console mode vim.
>
On Linux [g]vim, +print requires +postscript. This is not the case on
Windows [g]vim, where +print -postscript uses the Windows print dialog,
or the default printer and settings when invoked with an exclamation
mark. I suppose the Windows print routine was added later because
PostScript is not found on Windows as commonly as on Unix-like systems.
On Unix systems (and, I think, on +postscript versions for Windows, if
any) 'printoptions' are used to define the page size, margins,
orientation, etc. etc. etc. Then 'printexpr' is used to print the
resulting PostScript file. The 'printexpr' default is usually OK, that's
what I use.
About replacing PostScript processing by GTK printing (but only on gvim
versions with GTK or GTK2 GUI, of course) that would be adding a level
of complexity, and at the same time break with well-known existing
behaviour. My motto for this kind of cases: it ain't broke, so don't fix it.
Best regards,
Tony.
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