Re: Gnome::Print

[Jens Luedicke <jens irs-net com>]

> On 01/25/01 Jens Luedicke wrote:
> > It seems that Gnome::Print doesn't accept
> > a newline when using something like ...
> >
> > my $print_master = new Gnome::PrintMaster;
> > my $context = $print_master->get_context;
> >
> > $context->beginpage("Print");
> > $context->stroke;
>
> A stroke does nothing here.
Yeah... I used your example code as the codebase
and so I kept everything. But I removed it 

> Think of it as if you're writing postscript: it doesn't handle
> the layout for you in the same way that $gdkpixmap->draw_text()
> doesn't handle the newline or the TAB character.
> So, you should drop the newline, replace the TABs with the proper
> amount of spaces and moveto() to different positions for
> different lines.
> The gomeprint library actually has the support for laying out
> multiline text (handling justification as well as other properties)
> but the output is supported only in the old PS driver.
Great... This is exactly my idea that I wanted to circumwent ...
But I think that I understand now the basics of Gnome::Print.

> Anyway, I'm going to commit that code now, but don't blame me
> if it doesn't work! :-)
If I need a special/outdated debian packaged I won't even try it ;-)

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