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[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

To: gtk-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [gtk-list] Gtk+ and Printing
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From: Miguel de Icaza <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
Date: 29 Oct 1998 19:31:06 -0600
In-Reply-To: smolitor@insight-tech.com's message of Wed,
	21 Oct 1998 10:17:10 -0500
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> Does any one have any advice on printing in Gtk+?
> I have stuff (mostly text, but with different fonts) that I'm drawing to a
> drawing area widget, and I want
> to print it.  Should I generate PostScript code?  Latex?
> Tex?  Does gnome have anything that might help here?

You might want to look into Raph Levien's GNOME printing
architecture.  You have to check this out from the GNOME CVS
repository, the module name is "gnome-print".

GNOME print is currently in used by the gwp word processor.  

The API is pretty nice.

Miguel.
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miguel@gnu.org