Re: `pr' command

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> Well, it's strange: if I do:
>>
>>  $ pr filename
>>
>> , the chinese characters included in the document are wonderfully shown on
>> the
>> terminal; but if I do:
>>
>>  $ pr filename | lp
>>
>> , they are not printed.
>>
>> Any idea of how to work the problem out?  I have Debian Etch.



"Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net> writes:

> Evidently your printer doesn't have Chinese glyphs built-in :-)
>
> Use Abiword instead of pr and gedit. Abiword will create a nice Postscript
> file that will contain rendered versions of the Chinese characters. The
> printer will be able to handle that.



Well, I don't like word processors, and besides I don't know if Abiword
supports scim input method.  Maybe some tool that could convert the terminal
output directly into ps or pdf format?
I didn't manage to input chinese characters in Emacs, otherwise all that would
not be necessary.

Thanks
Rodolfo