X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/2a90143f040d2b3c4c79fdf78e60735b8d30fd14..2b232decc588cc369e34747e59a1441cec88970b:/docs/doxygen/overviews/unixprinting.h diff --git a/docs/doxygen/overviews/unixprinting.h b/docs/doxygen/overviews/unixprinting.h index 634a8b3d19..2a03eab76b 100644 --- a/docs/doxygen/overviews/unixprinting.h +++ b/docs/doxygen/overviews/unixprinting.h @@ -1,53 +1,46 @@ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -// Name: unixprinting +// Name: unixprinting.h // Purpose: topic overview // Author: wxWidgets team // RCS-ID: $Id$ -// Licence: wxWindows license +// Licence: wxWindows licence ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -/*! - - @page overview_unixprinting Printing under Unix (GTK+) - - Printing under Unix has always been a cause of problems as Unix - does not provide a standard way to display text and graphics - on screen and print it to a printer using the same application - programming interface - instead, displaying on screen is done - via the X11 library while printing has to be done with using - PostScript commands. This was particularly difficult to handle - for the case of fonts with the result that only a selected - number of application could offer WYSIWYG under Unix. Equally, - wxWidgets offered its own printing implementation using PostScript - which never really matched the screen display. - - Starting with version 2.8.X, the GNOME project provides printing - support through the libgnomeprint and libgnomeprintui libraries - by which especially the font problem is mostly solved. Beginning - with version 2.5.4, the GTK+ port of wxWidgets can make use of - these libraries if wxWidgets is configured accordingly and if the - libraries are present. You need to configure wxWidgets with the - @e configure --with-gnomeprint switch and your application will - then search for the GNOME print libraries at runtime. If they - are found, printing will be done through these, otherwise the - application will fall back to the old PostScript printing code. - Note that the application will not require the GNOME print libraries - to be installed in order to run (there will be no dependency on - these libraries). - - In version GTK+ 2.10, support for printing has been added to GTK+ - itself. Beginning with version wxWidgets 2.9.X, the GTK+ port of - wxWidgets can make use of this feature - if wxWidgets is configured accordingly and if the GTK+ version is = 2.10. - You need to configure wxWidgets with the @e configure --with-gtkprint - switch and your application will then search for the GTK+ print support - at runtime. If it is found, printing will be done through GTK+, otherwise the - application will fall back to GNOME printing support if it is available or, - if it isn't, to the old PostScript printing code. - Note that the application will not require a GTK+ version = 2.10 - to be installed in order to run (there will be no dependency on - this version). - - */ - +/** + +@page overview_unixprinting Printing Under Unix (GTK+) + +Printing under Unix has always been a cause of problems as Unix does not +provide a standard way to display text and graphics on screen and print it to a +printer using the same application programming interface - instead, displaying +on screen is done via the X11 library while printing has to be done with using +PostScript commands. This was particularly difficult to handle for the case of +fonts with the result that only a selected number of application could offer +WYSIWYG under Unix. Equally, wxWidgets offered its own printing implementation +using PostScript which never really matched the screen display. + +Starting with version 2.8.X, the GNOME project provides printing support +through the libgnomeprint and libgnomeprintui libraries by which especially the +font problem is mostly solved. Beginning with version 2.5.4, the GTK+ port of +wxWidgets can make use of these libraries if wxWidgets is configured +accordingly and if the libraries are present. You need to configure wxWidgets +with the configure --with-gnomeprint switch and your application will +then search for the GNOME print libraries at runtime. If they are found, +printing will be done through these, otherwise the application will fall back +to the old PostScript printing code. Note that the application will not require +the GNOME print libraries to be installed in order to run (there will be no +dependency on these libraries). + +In version GTK+ 2.10, support for printing has been added to GTK+ itself. +Beginning with version wxWidgets 2.9.X, the GTK+ port of wxWidgets can make use +of this feature if wxWidgets is configured accordingly and if the GTK+ version +is = 2.10. You need to configure wxWidgets with the +configure --with-gtkprint switch and your application will then search +for the GTK+ print support at runtime. If it is found, printing will be done +through GTK+, otherwise the application will fall back to GNOME printing +support if it is available or, if it isn't, to the old PostScript printing +code. Note that the application will not require a GTK+ version = 2.10 to be +installed in order to run (there will be no dependency on this version). + +*/