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. It would be convenient if the Unix version would allow setting printer options with a dialog. So that you can pick your printer from a list, instead of having to change a Vim option. This requires writing code that is machine specific. The GTK libraries probably have some support for this. But GTK is known for flaws and limited documentation, so one needs to figure out how to make this work inside Vim. The MS-Windows code may give some hints about what settings we want to have in the dialog. I assume that generating the file to pring remains the same. It's only the settings dialog that we need. One thing that might work better when switching from PostScript to some GUI library is handling of utf-8 printing. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 188. You purchase a laptop so you can surf while sitting on the can. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
