Printing coloured text

[richmond62]

This is largely in response to Terence Heaford's posting on the Use-List.

Livecode 8.1, Xubuntu Linux 16.04, 64-bit.

Here's a snapshot of the PDF 'printed':

Here's the stack: Please try to print-to-PDF on your Operating system and report back.

text test.livecode.zip

The stack

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[LiveCode_Panos]

Hi Richmond,

Thanks for taking the time to test on Linux. What Terence reported is a bug affecting OS X only, and it will be fixed in the next release:

http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17825

Best,
Panos
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[richmond62]

a bug affecting OS X only

Ah!

[richmond62]

Mind you Print Field has a few problems:

The edge of a word overlaps the margin of the page.

field.pdf.zip

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[richmond62]

HOWEVER the print-to-pdf with Livecode 8.1 on Xubuntu is far, far better than
what happens with Livecode 7.1.4:

Print Card

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Print Field

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Funnily enough: while Livecode 8.1 prints to PDF, Livecode 7.1.4 prints to postscript (.ps).

testPrints2pdf7.zip

Here are the postscript files

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