Re: About the font used by 'ps-spool-buffer-with-faces'

Joel Reicher <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:54:55 +1100
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.windows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:

>> From: Joel Reicher <[email protected]>
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:55:00 +1100
>>
>>> No, I just discovered that 'ps-font-family' is 'Courier', and=20
>>> it  seems that things cannot change much. See for example:
>>>
>>> https://www.gnu.org/software//emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/PostScript-V=
ariables.html
>>
>> "Legitimate values include =A1=AECourier=A1=AF, =A1=AEHelvetica=A1=AF,=20
>> =A1=AENewCenturySchlbk=A1=AF, =A1=AEPalatino=A1=AF and =A1=AETimes=A1=AF=
."
>>
>> Wow. So basically `ps-spool-buffer-with-faces' does not quite=20
>> do  what is says on the tin?
>>
>> Perhaps the documentation should be modified?
>
> Which parts of the doc string are inaccurate, in your opinion?

"Like the command =A1=AEps-spool-buffer=A1=AF, but includes *font*, color,=
=20
and underline information in the generated image."

(Emphasis mine)

Wouldn't most people interpret that as the postscript containing=20
the same font as the buffer, and unconditionally so?

Thanks and regards,

       - Joel