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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: [forwareded from bugs.kde.org] not printing characters from certain font tables
From:       Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples () mtu-net ! ru>
Date:       2002-06-04 11:37:17
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On Sunday 02 June 2002 2:26 pm, Krzysztof Kosz wrote:
> On Thursday 30 May 2002 16:22, qt-bugs@trolltech.com wrote:
> > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 12:27:05PM +0200, Krzysztof Kosz wrote:
> > > On Thursday 30 May 2002 10:35, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > The problem is more general than in kword and kformula, it also
> > > > > affects kate, kwrite, kedit. So i think it's kdeprint problem.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think this has something to do with KDEPrint. Look, kdeprint
> > > > is not really responsible for the print content:
> > > > - the application itself decides what gets printed
> > > > - Qt translates that into PS
> > > > In this case, I would say that there's a problem when Qt's trying to
> > > > find and embed the font into the PS file, resulting in characters
> > > > not being shown. IMO you should report that to Qt. There's nothing I
> > > > can do within KDEPrint.
> > > 
> > > So, forwarding this to Trolltech. The original bugreport was:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > In Kword try:
> > > 1. Insert->Special Character,
> > > 2. Select Table 3,
> > > 3. Insert k (kappa),
> > > 4. Do print preview (or try print it),
> > > 5. Inserted letter is not printed (but is displayed on screen)
> > > 
> > > Also, this affects Kformula, there are also many mathematical signs
> > > which are not printed.
> > > 
> > > As I am from Poland I also use characters displayed in kword in
> > > fontatable number 1. I don't know if it's possible to use characters
> > > from different font tables in one document. Full story is at:
> > > http://bugs.kde.org/db/42/42997.html
> > > 
> > > I also could provide my test file and config files if necessary.
> > 
> > Hi Krzysztof
> > 
> > Though it might be a Qt problem we'll need a program that reproduces
> > this that is only using Qt. Sorry. If you can provide that we'll be very
> > happy to look into it.

Well, I have done some testing of printing with different alphabets, and can 
confirm that KWord/Qt can't print using Greek alphabet.
To reproduce: type text in Greek language in KWord (or, open some web site in 
Greek language), copy it to clipboard, and Paste to some Qt application (in 
QT2 there was "qt-application" which could print to PS)

From what I know from David Faure, "all printing is done in Qt".
So, problem is really Qt-related.
Do you want to check this easily?
Open http://www.volkswagen.gr/models/polo/index.htm
and print that page from Konq.
As for me: NOTHING printed.
(KDE 3.0.1, Qt 3.0.3, XFree86, PostScript Type1 and TrueType scalable fonts)

And BTW Qt 3.x can handle Greek nicely (ah, mighty Unicode!).
I just copied text from that web site and pasted into my KMail 1.4.1, so you 
should see text in Greek:

<text in Greek language>
Νέο Polo. Το αυτοκίνητο που δημιουργήθηκε χωρίς \
συμβιβασμούς. Το στιβαρό  αμάξωμα, το ευρύχωρο \
εσωτερικό, οι αερόσακοι οδηγού και συνοδηγού, \
οι δύο  πλευρικοί αερόσακοι εμπρός, το νέο \
σύστημα ημιαυτόματου κλιματισμού  (climatic) και \
το νέο ηλεκτροϋδραυλικά υποβοηθούμενο τιμόνι, \
δίνουν με  απόλυτη ασφάλεια και άνεση, την \
κορυφαία αίσθηση οδήγησης. Το Νέο Polo δίνει  νέο \
ορισμό σε μια ολόκληρη κατηγορία. Είναι το \
αυτοκίνητο που σας δίνει  αυτοπεποίθηση να \
ξεπεράσετε και τα δικά σας όρια. </text in Greek language>

> > 
> > best regards
> > --
> > Anders Bakken - Support technician, Trolltech
> 
> I've found Qt-only app that can insert these characters. It's Hancom Word,
> and it prints these well, too. So if it's not Qt bug, then it is KDE bug.
> And it makes very difficuilt to use Koffice for mathematical purposes.
> Sorry for crossposting to all these lists, but I don't know where problem
> is. If it's Qt, or KDE, or Koffice.
> I am using Qt 3.0.4, KDE 3.0.0, Koffice 1.2beta1.

Can you pls try to print out text in Greek from Hancom office?
I don't have a copy.

> 
> regards,
> Krzysztof Kosz
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