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23.1.94; ps-print generates .ps files that can not be printed

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From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.94; ps-print generates .ps files that can not be printed
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:50:01 +0000

.ps files generated by C-u M-x ps-print-buffer-with-faces seem to have
problems. It seems it can only be viewed by ghostscript. Open it on OSX
shows no text in it.

I have asked the question on TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List as well and
got a few interesting replies.

1. A user try to print such a ps file and get no text either.
   (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx/36581)

2. The PostScript file does not include any fonts. It's not 100%
   compliant to the standard. It can't be opened in Illustrator CS3:
   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx/36547 and
   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx/36554

The whole discussion can be found here:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx/36546



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Message #8 received at 5733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5733: 23.1.94;
 ps-print generates .ps files that can not be printed
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 22:24:41 +0200

Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com> writes:

> .ps files generated by C-u M-x ps-print-buffer-with-faces seem to have
> problems. It seems it can only be viewed by ghostscript. Open it on OSX
> shows no text in it.
>
> I have asked the question on TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List as well and
> got a few interesting replies.

I can't reproduce this on current master.  The generated .ps file
opens just fine in macOS "Preview".

Are you still seeing this on a modern version of Emacs?  If I don't
hear back from you within a couple of weeks, I'll just assume that
this has been fixed and close this bug as unreproducible.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Message #13 received at 5733-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5733-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5733: 23.1.94;
 ps-print generates .ps files that can not be printed
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:58:51 +0100

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> .ps files generated by C-u M-x ps-print-buffer-with-faces seem to have
>> problems. It seems it can only be viewed by ghostscript. Open it on OSX
>> shows no text in it.
>>
>> I have asked the question on TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List as well and
>> got a few interesting replies.
>
> I can't reproduce this on current master.  The generated .ps file
> opens just fine in macOS "Preview".
>
> Are you still seeing this on a modern version of Emacs?  If I don't
> hear back from you within a couple of weeks, I'll just assume that
> this has been fixed and close this bug as unreproducible.

More information was requested, but none was given within 4 weeks, so
I'm closing this bug.  If this is still an issue, please reopen the bug
report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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