[h-e-w] Re: Windows Emacs using Window print routines

[Peter Kaiser]

Benny, thanks for your thoughtful note.

> > Printing is extremely basic functionality: the user shouldn't have
> > to install additional software simply to print things.
> From the POV of the user experience that is true, I'd say.  I can even
> think of some technical advantages to GDI printing.  Now are you going
> to do the actual work of programming it?

I deserve this question, don't I?  Unfortunately I have to decline, because my programming skills 
are *way* out of date, and in any event I've never programmed Windows interfaces.  But I still 
believe the idea has merit, so perhaps someone with current abilities will pick it up.  I hope so.

> > Or are there ancient purists who think we should still be using
> > VT100 terminal emulation within command windows?
> For some applications this actually is still the interface that is
> used, and for very good reasons.

What have you in mind?  Just curious, not disputatious.

Pete