Re: ps-print: Patch for international printing with bdf fonts

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Contents of the *Backtrace* buffer when it fails for Amharic: Signaling: (args-out-of-range "ሠላም" 3) ps-mule-prepare-font((bdf ("ethio24f-uni.bdf" "ethiomx24f-uni.bdf") ps-mule-encode-ethiopic 2) "ሠላም" ethiopic nil nil) ps-mule-string-encoding((bdf ("ethio24f-uni.bdf" "ethiomx24f-uni.bdf") ps-mule-encode-ethiopic 2) "ሠላም") ps-mule-plot-string(158 161 nil) ps-plot(ps-mule-plot-string 158 161 nil) ps-plot-region(1 1098 0 nil) ps-generate-postscript(1 1098) ps-generate(#<buffer "HELLO"> 1 1098 ps-generate-postscript) ps-spool-without-faces(1 1098 nil) ps-print-without-faces(1 1098 "/tmp/ttt.ps") #<compiled-function (&optional filename) "...(6)" [filename ps-print-without-faces] 4 ("/usr/share/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ps-print/ps-print.elc" . 58585) (list (ps-print-preprint current-prefix-arg))>("/tmp/ttt.ps") call-interactively(ps-print-buffer) command-execute(ps-print-buffer t) execute-extended-command((4)) call-interactively(execute-extended-command) I tried to investigate a bit but couldn't yet find out what is wrong here. With the Amharic line removed from the HELLO file I get: Signaling: (args-out-of-range ["\\000" "\\001" "\\002" "\\003" "\\004" "\\005" "\\006" "\\007" "\\b" "\\t" "\\n" "\\013" "\\f" "\\r" "\\016" "\\017" "\\020" "\\021" "\\022" "\\023" "\\024" "\\025" "\\026" "\\027" "\\030" "\\031" "\\032" "\\033" "\\034" "\\035" "\\036" "\\037" " " "!" "\"" "#" "$" "%" "&" "'" "\\(" "\\)" "*" "+" "," "-" "." "/" "0" "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" "9" ":" ";" "<" "=" ">" "?" "＠" "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J" "K" "L" "M" "N" "O" "P" "Q" "R" "S" "T" "U" "V" "W" "X" "Y" "Z" "[" "\\\\" "]" "^" "_" "`" "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s" "t" "u" "v" "w" "x" "y" "z" "{" "|" "}" "~" "\\177" "\\200" "\\201" "\\202" "\\203" "\\204" "\\205" "\\206" "\\207" "\\210" "\\211" "\\212" "\\213" "\\214" "\\215" "\\216" "\\217" "\\220" "\\221" "\\222" "\\223" "\\224" "\\225" "\\226" "\\227" "\\230" "\\231" "\\232" "\\233" "\\234" "\\235" "\\236" "\\237" "\\240" "\\241" "\\242" "\\243" "\\244" "\\245" "\\246" "\\247" "\\250" "\\251" "\\252" "\\253" "\\254" "\\255" "\\256" "\\257" "\\260" "\\261" "\\262" "\\263" "\\264" "\\265" "\\266" "\\267" "\\270" "\\271" "\\272" "\\273" "\\274" "\\275" "\\276" "\\277" "\\300" "\\301" "\\302" "\\303" "\\304" "\\305" "\\306" "\\307" "\\310" "\\311" "\\312" "\\313" "\\314" "\\315" "\\316" "\\317" "\\320" "\\321" "\\322" "\\323" "\\324" "\\325" "\\326" "\\327" "\\330" "\\331" "\\332" "\\333" "\\334" "\\335" "\\336" "\\337" "\\340" "\\341" "\\342" "\\343" "\\344" "\\345" "\\346" "\\347" "\\350" "\\351" "\\352" "\\353" "\\354" "\\355" "\\356" "\\357" "\\360" "\\361" "\\362" "\\363" "\\364" "\\365" "\\366" "\\367" "\\370" "\\371" "\\372" "\\373" "\\374" "\\375" "\\376" "\\377"] ?ት) ps-flush-output() ps-end-job(t) ps-generate(#<buffer "ttt"> 1 1079 ps-generate-postscript) ps-spool-without-faces(1 1079 nil) ps-print-without-faces(1 1079 "ttt.ps") #<compiled-function (&optional filename) "...(6)" [filename ps-print-without-faces] 4 ("/usr/share/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ps-print/ps-print.elc" . 58585) (list (ps-print-preprint current-prefix-arg))>("ttt.ps") call-interactively(ps-print-buffer) command-execute(ps-print-buffer t) execute-extended-command((4)) call-interactively(execute-extended-command) And when I remove the Tigrigna line as well, the PostScript output is written without error, but when previewing it with Ghostview the Thai characters are empty boxes and the languages below Thai are not displayed at all. When I remove the Thai line as well, the remaining languages are displayed correctly when viewing with Ghostscript. -- Mike Fabian <mfabian(a)suse.de&gt; http://www.suse.de/~mfabian 睡眠不足はいい仕事の敵だ。