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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 05:43:06 -0700
From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: printing from within Cygwin
Message-ID: <20020905054306.A23920@ns.helixdigital.com>
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In-Reply-To: <3D76424C.3010003@cotagesoft.com>; from shankar@cotagesoft.com on Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 10:26:36AM -0700

On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 10:26:36AM -0700, Shankar Unni wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> 
> > Looks like you don't have the mswinpr2 device in your ghostscript
> > installation...  
> 
> The GhostScript that comes with Cygwin is built without any of the 
> Windows extensions (the mswin* devices, the Windows console (that pops 
> up if you type "gswin32" in the native Windows distribution), ...).
> 
> I wonder if it's possible to build the Cygwin gs with these extensions? 
> Or at least the Windows devices?  There are the "mswindll", "mswinprn" 
> and "mswinpr2" devices, and the "display" device for the Windows native 
> display (the one that "gswin32" pops up).

Yes, it's definitely doable; it's on my long list of "to-do" items.
As soon as I have more "free time" I'll do it.

-- 
Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com -- http://www.helixdigital.com

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