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From: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: How do you get a hard copy of a NeWS window?
Message-ID: <4312@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 5 May 88 13:55:55 GMT
Reply-To: barnett@steinmetz.UUCP  (Bruce G. Barnett)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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While reading the excellent article on NeWS in SunTechnology Spring 1988
I wondered how one would go about getting a hard copy output of such a
window? (The example draws a simple plot).

I can think of two ways, but they seem very inelegant.

	1. Use the Journaling feature. Somehow.

		Anyone have a example how?

	2. Have all of the PostScript functions called from C
	   with an option that either sends the postscript command
	   to the server or to a file.

Ideally it would be nice to have a pop-up menu for EACH window with
the option PRINT, along with move, zap, open, resize, etc.

Does anyone know of a way to do this? Let's face it, doing screendumps
is a real printer hog.

p.s. I have been using the postscript.el file that comes with the
Gnuemacs/NeWS program, and it is a real nice way to preview
a PostScript image. Just use Emacs to edit the *.ps file, and type
	Control-C Control-C.
Diagram not quite right? Just edit the file and hit Control-C Control-C again.
-- 
	Bruce G. Barnett 	<barnett@ge-crd.ARPA> <barnett@steinmetz.UUCP>
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