Re: [tlug] CJK Printing from Web Browsers in Debian 3.3.2

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 08/11/06, Bart Mathias <mathias@example.com> wrote:

> I guess I'll just use the work-arounds if/when I need to, but I still
> find it fascinating/frustrating that while Mozilla Suite,
> Mozilla-Thunderbird, and Firefox now have identical prefs.js files
> insofar as "...print..." lines are concerned, the Mozilla Suite apps
> print CJK just fine and Firefox and Thunderbird don't.  But let's give
> up on it.

That is really odd, and I cannot think of anything off the top of my
head that would make it so. But for now, let's get even more radical:

: Step 1a; MOZILLA_PREFS=`find .mozilla/ -type f -name \*prefs.js |
sed -e '/firefox/d' -e '/thunderbird/d'`
: Step 1b; FIREFOX_PREFS=`find .mozilla/firefox/ -type f -name \*prefs.js`
: Step 1c; THUNDERBIRD_PREFS=`find .mozilla/thunderbird/ -type f -name
\*prefs.js`

: Step 2a; for i in "${FIREFOX_PREFS}" "${THUNDERBIRD_PREFS}"; do
 cp "$i" "$i.BAK"
 cp "${MOZILLA_PREFS}" "$i"
done

Now fire up Firefox and Thunderbird and test your printing.

> What browser would you recommend instead?  (Something that plays under
> ppc Debian...)

You could always try Opera, but I really think Firefox is the best
(most flexible and extensible) browser out there, once you get past
its irritating tendency to protect you from configuration. :)

-Josh