[Scribus] Win32 port

[Paul]

Hi,

>  >>>I agree with you that the best route would be for this to NOT require
>  >>> > any other installations like alternative printing systems, etc.
> 
> I don't think of GS as an alternative print system in this instance so 
> much as a bridge between PostScript output and the existing Windows 
> print system.

I'm not going to use GS. Too many problems with it (mainly in the extra
installs and duplication - something I've found Win32 users don't like).

>  > The win32 installation of ghostscript is painless. All dependencies
>  > are contained in the distribution. Further, using the existing
>  > framework within scribus regarding printing makes more sense than
>  > implimenting new code to enable printing. Why reinvent the wheel?
> 
> Precisely; I imagine a solution involving GhostScript could be crafted 
> in just a few hours, whereas adding full GDI output to Scribus would 
> likely be many days / weeks of work...

Not really. The approach I'm taking is to see how wxWidgets does it and
then add that into the main source code. It's not reinventing the wheel,
but it does offer many advantages! As for amount of time it'll take,
dunno is the best answer at the moment (darned machine is a spyware
magnet and also had a HD crash within 80 hours of install)

Progress : http://scribusdev.blogspot.com

TTFN

Paul
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