Author: tlsa Date: Fri Oct 9 09:27:57 2009 New Revision: 9617 URL: http://source.netsurf-browser.org?rev=9617&view=rev Log: Update printing info and make separate section for it. Modified: trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/progress.en trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/roinfo.en Modified: trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/progress.en URL: http://source.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/progress... ============================================================================== --- trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/progress.en (original) +++ trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/progress.en Fri Oct 9 09:27:57 2009 @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ <tr class="nearlydone"><td>Interactive Help (RISC&nbsp;OS)</td><td>Nearly done</td><td></td></tr> <tr class="nearlydone"><td>Interactive Help (GTK)</td><td>Nearly done</td><td>Extensive tool tips for GUI but none for rendering area.</td></tr> <tr class="complete"><td>Memory Cache</td><td>Complete</td><td></td></tr> -<tr class="complete"><td>Printing (RISC&nbsp;OS)</td><td>Complete</td><td>Printing on RISC&nbsp;OS 5 doesn't work, due to lack of support in the Font Manager and printer drivers. Details on the <a href="roinfo#Unicode">RISC&nbsp;OS User Information</a> page.</td></tr> +<tr class="complete"><td>Printing (RISC&nbsp;OS)</td><td>Complete</td><td>Details on the <a href="roinfo#Printing">RISC&nbsp;OS User Information</a> page.</td></tr> <tr class="complete"><td>Printing (GTK)</td><td>Complete</td><td></td></tr> <tr class="inprogress"><td>Proxy Support</td><td>In progress</td><td>Protocols other than HTTP are incorrectly proxied.</td></tr> <tr class="nearlydone"><td>Save as Drawfile (RISC&nbsp;OS)</td><td>Nearly done</td><td>Embedded drawfiles aren't exported when saving page as Draw. (Draw is a RISC OS vector graphics format.)</td></tr> Modified: trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/roinfo.en URL: http://source.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/roinfo.e... ============================================================================== --- trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/roinfo.en (original) +++ trunk/netsurfweb/documentation/roinfo.en Fri Oct 9 09:27:57 2009 @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ <li><a href="#UnicodeInstallingFonts">Installing more fonts</a></li> <li><a href="#UnicodeProblems">Problems and unimplemented features</a></li> </ul></li> +<li><a href="#Printing">Printing</a></li> </ul> <p class="updated">Last updated 10 November 2007</p> @@ -150,11 +151,19 @@ <h3 id="UnicodeProblems">Problems and Unimplemented Features</h3> <ul> -<li>Printing on RISC OS 5 using the standard RISC OS 5 release of the printer drivers doesn't work due to lack of Unicode support in the RISC OS 5 printer drivers. However, a patch to fix printing to non-PostScript printers has been submitted to RISC OS Open Ltd and a binary release of the &quot;Printers&quot; application including this <a href="http://www.riscosopen.co.uk/content/downloads/desktop-zipfiles">fix is available on their website</a>. On the other hand, printing to PostScript printers with Unicode support is currently not possible but believed to be addressed in the near future by an <a href="http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact1759.html">independant initiative</a>.</li> <li>Substituted characters are taken from the first font that contains them, even if a character which matches the weight or slant better is available.</li> <li>Unicode line breaking is not implemented.</li> <li>Right-to-left text (Hebrew, Arabic) is not implemented.</li> </ul> + +<h2 id="Printing">Printing</h2> + +<p>When NetSurf is run without the Unicode Font Manager, printing will work correctly. When printing with the Unicode Font Manager, as on RISC OS 5 or with a softloaded Unicode Font Manager, there are a couple of things you may need to install.</p> + +<ol> +<li>Using the standard RISC OS 5 release of the printer drivers doesn't work due to lack of Unicode support in the RISC OS 5 printer drivers. However, a version of &quot;<a href="http://www.riscosopen.co.uk/content/downloads/desktop-zipfiles">Printers</a>&quot; that supports printing to non-PostScript printers is available from RISC OS Open Ltd.</li> +<li>Printing to PostScript printers with Unicode support is not possible with the standard PostScript drivers. In order to print correctly, the more advanced <a href="http://www.mw-software.com/software/ps3/ps3.html">Post... 3 printer driver</a> by John Tytgat and Martin W&uuml;rthner is required.</li> +</ol> <div class="footer">