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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: is xdvi broken? |
| Date | 2019-04-22 07:20 +0200 |
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On 2019.04.22 01:43, David Wright wrote:
> ... most people will be receiving a good proportion of documents as
> PDF files, and so will have their printing system (like CUPS) set up
> to handle them ... rather than the previously conventional
> .tex→DVI→PS→PDF workflow.
On the average, I print only one PDF document a day.
I remember the struggles of getting printing running back in the old
days, the joy when LPRng was introduced, and my initial reluctance to
abandon a proven system (LPRng) for unknown waters when, later on, CUPS
was introduced. But I did make the switch to CUPS.
> Do you convert PDF documents from elsewhere to PS yourself, before you
> print them? For most people, this kind of function is handled
> automatically by CUPS, and it will convert many other types of file as
> well. So my workflow is .tex→PDF→CUPS when I bother to print it myself.
No, the only time I explicitly convert a document to PS is when I am
composing in LaTeX and execute dvips to get hardcopy to proofread.
I print some PDF documents after downloading from web pages; these
generally are things such as an instruction manual, or an invoice
received as an e-mail attachment.
I open such documents with whatever PDF viewer happens to be available
in the APPLICATIONS MENU of the desktop; under Debian 7 or 8 I think the
viewer was Evince. If I need a paper copy, I select PRINT from the menu
of the PDF viewer, and the viewer hands off the document to CUPS.
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If I understand correctly, you are suggesting that I run latexmk with
the option to create a PDF, so that, when I wish to print a copy of the
document-in-progress to proofread, the procedure is:
= In Emacs, save the document
= Switch to a virtual terminal
= Execute "lpr mydocument.pdf"
= Switch back to Emacs
= Continue work on the document
That saves three steps over my current procedure:
= In Emacs, save the document
= Switch to a virtual terminal
= Execute "latex mydocument.tex"
= Execute "latex mydocument.tex"
= Execute "dvips mydocument.dvi"
= Execute "lpr mydocument.ps"
= Switch back to Emacs
= Continue work on the document
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Re: is xdvi broken? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2019-04-17 19:40 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-17 20:30 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-19 23:20 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-04-20 00:40 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-20 01:20 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-20 03:30 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-20 05:40 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-20 10:00 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-04-20 11:50 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-21 02:50 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-21 09:40 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-21 10:00 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-22 03:50 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-22 07:20 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? Bill Wood <william.wood3@comcast.net> - 2019-04-22 09:00 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-22 10:10 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-04-22 10:40 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-22 21:00 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-22 05:20 +0200
Re: is xdvi broken? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-20 15:00 +0200
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