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

[Bart Mathias <mathias@example.com>]

Hello Josh

On 11/07/2006, you wrote:

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

Maybe that was a tad too radical.  Firefox fired up, and had its history and
bookmarks intact, but it didn't know about the homepage I had set for it. 
It printed squares where I wanted kanji.

I haven't bothered to set up Mozilla Mail since I accidentally wiped it out
a month or two ago, so I didn't test it, but Mozilla Browser comes up just
find (I didn't have to tell it who was my ISP even; does the router take
care of that?).  Anyway, I repeated my test:  Google <nihongo-in-kanji>,
start the printer and pull the job quick before much ribbon gets wasted. 
Nice kanji, no squares.

My attempt to run Thunderbird brought me a set-up window.  I went through
the steps but stupidly left "get mail now" checked, all the while knowing
it couldn't work because it didn't know the proper port number (995) or my
password.  When the screen came up, I couldn't do anything with it at all. 
I ended up having to do this response from the Amiga side, with YAM.

Meanwhile, that may be just as well.  I probably would have ended up wiping
everything out, but it looks like all my Thunderbird data is sitting there,
inaccessible.  Here's part of the directory:

.mozilla-thunderbird:
total 24
drwxr-xr-x   3 bart bart 4096 Sep 28 12:17 .
drwxr-xr-x  46 bart bart 8192 Nov  7 13:45 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 bart bart  335 Sep 28 12:17 appreg
-rw-r--r--   1 bart bart  104 Oct 31 13:39 profiles.ini
drwx------   7 bart bart 4096 Nov  7 13:48 xmm1khnz.default

.mozilla-thunderbird/xmm1khnz.default:
total 3856
drwx------  7 bart bart    4096 Nov  7 13:48 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 bart bart    4096 Sep 28 12:17 ..
-rw-------  1 bart bart     290 Sep 29 14:42 59489785.s
drwxr-xr-x  7 bart bart    4096 Nov  7 13:48 Mail
drwxr-xr-x  3 bart bart    4096 Sep 28 14:38 News
drwxr-xr-x  2 bart bart    4096 Sep 28 12:17 US
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart 3205873 Nov  4 08:57 XUL.mfasl
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart   44690 Nov  6 21:59 abook.mab
-rw-------  1 bart bart   65536 Nov  7 13:34 cert8.db
drwxr-xr-x  2 bart bart    4096 Sep 28 12:17 chrome
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart      65 Sep 28 14:21 compatibility.ini
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart      24 Sep 28 14:21 components.ini
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart  143753 Sep 28 14:21 compreg.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart      24 Sep 28 14:21 defaults.ini
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart    9875 Nov  3 14:41 downloads.rdf
drwxr-xr-x  3 bart bart    4096 Sep 28 12:17 extensions
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart    1395 Sep 28 14:32 history.mab
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart   31023 Sep 29 14:31 impab.mab
-rw-------  1 bart bart   16384 Nov  7 13:34 key3.db
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart   15453 Nov  7 13:49 localstore.rdf
lrwxrwxrwx  1 bart bart      14 Nov  7 13:45 lock -> 127.0.0.1:1200
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart     477 Sep 28 14:21 mailViews.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart    1990 Nov  3 14:41 mimeTypes.rdf
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart    7365 Nov  7 13:48 panacea.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart      42 Nov  4 10:45 persdict.dat
-rw-------  1 bart bart    7740 Nov  7 13:48 prefs.js
-rw-------  1 bart bart   17041 Nov  7 13:37 prefs.js.BAK
-rw-------  1 bart bart   17027 Nov  4 16:17 prefs.js.bak
-rw-------  1 bart bart   17027 Nov  4 09:38 prefs.js~
-rw-------  1 bart bart   16384 Sep 28 14:33 secmod.db
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart  139728 Nov  6 15:13 training.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart      10 Nov  7 13:34 virtualFolders.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 bart bart   95452 Sep 28 14:21 xpti.dat

.mozilla-thunderbird/xmm1khnz.default/Mail:
total 28

etc.

I list that in hopes that somebody might be able to give me hints as to how
to maneuver Thunderbird to use /xmm1khnz.default again, without losing it
forever.

Obviously, I skipped the part about printing CJK from it.

>> 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. :)

OK.  I guess that means you don't agree 100% with Stephen even if he does
get part of the credit for Emacs.

Bart