Re: Issue 3255 in pharo: It should be possible to print text from help browser to printer

Comment #2 on issue 3255 by marcus.denker: It should be possible to print  
text from help browser to printer
http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3255

pressing the button has no effect on MacOS

Comment #3 on issue 3255 by [hidden email]: It should be possible  
to print text from help browser to printer
http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3255

Have no mac to test. Works on Windows.

No printing support in MacVM?

Comment #4 on issue 3255 by [hidden email]: It should be possible  
to print text from help browser to printer
http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3255

Try the following:

  |printer|
  printer := TextPrinter new.
  printer bestColor.
  printer printText: 'HelloWorld'

Anyone able to confirm the platforms that supports this (Linux, Mac, ...)?

Its primitive: 232 (see Form>>primPrintHScale:vScale:landscape:)

"On platforms that support it, this primitive prints the receiver, assumed  
to be a Form, to the default printer."

Updates:
        Status: Started
        Labels: -Milestone-1.2

Comment #5 on issue 3255 by marcus.denker: It should be possible to print  
text from help browser to printer
http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3255

No. Does not work on the Mac.

Updates:
        Cc: estebanlm [hidden email]

Comment #6 on issue 3255 by [hidden email]: It should be possible  
to print text from help browser to printer
http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3255

You should open a ticket on the Mac VM issue tracker ... or directly ask  
Esteban Lorenzano/John McIntosh. Fixing this would also provide better  
print support in general.

Question left is if we already include this feature for the help browser.
Some people dislike reading help on screen and would like to print it.

Comment #7 on issue 3255 by [hidden email]: It should be  
possible to print text from help browser to printer
http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3255

There is a printPlugin that let you print multiple pages from mac os.
In Sophie we setup an entire environment to allow you to render to pdf  
pages for example.
Easy choice would be to integrate the print plugin again, issue no unix and  
window support?

Updates:
        Status: WontFix

Comment #8 on issue 3255 by [hidden email]: It should be possible to  
print text from help browser to printer
http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3255

As we have no print support, I think we should close this issue for now.