Variable: ps-multibyte-buffer

ps-multibyte-buffer is a customizable variable defined in ps-mule.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Specifies the multi-byte buffer handling.

Valid values are:

  nil This is the value to use the default settings;
by default, this only works to print buffers with
only ASCII and Latin characters. But this default
setting can be changed by setting the variable
ps-mule-font-info-database-default differently.
The initial value of this variable is
ps-mule-font-info-database-latin (see
documentation).

  non-latin-printer This is the value to use when you have a Japanese
or Korean PostScript printer and want to print
buffer with ASCII, Latin-1, Japanese (JISX0208 and
JISX0201-Kana) and Korean characters. At present,
it was not tested with the Korean characters
printing. If you have a korean PostScript printer,
please, test it.

  bdf-font This is the value to use when you want to print
buffer with BDF fonts. BDF fonts include both latin
and non-latin fonts. BDF (Bitmap Distribution
Format) is a format used for distributing X's font
source file. BDF fonts are included in
intlfonts-1.2 which is a collection of X11 fonts
for all characters supported by Emacs. In order to
use this value, be sure to have installed
intlfonts-1.2 and set the variable
bdf-directory-list appropriately (see ps-bdf.el for
documentation of this variable).

  bdf-font-except-latin This is like bdf-font except that it uses
PostScript default fonts to print ASCII and Latin-1
characters. This is convenient when you want or
need to use both latin and non-latin characters on
the same buffer. See ps-font-family,
ps-header-font-family and ps-font-info-database.

Any other value is treated as nil.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/ps-mule.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defcustom ps-multibyte-buffer nil
  "Specifies the multi-byte buffer handling.

Valid values are:

  nil			  This is the value to use the default settings;
			  by default, this only works to print buffers with
			  only ASCII and Latin characters.   But this default
			  setting can be changed by setting the variable
			  `ps-mule-font-info-database-default' differently.
			  The initial value of this variable is
			  `ps-mule-font-info-database-latin' (see
			  documentation).

  `non-latin-printer'	  This is the value to use when you have a Japanese
			  or Korean PostScript printer and want to print
			  buffer with ASCII, Latin-1, Japanese (JISX0208 and
			  JISX0201-Kana) and Korean characters.  At present,
			  it was not tested with the Korean characters
			  printing.  If you have a korean PostScript printer,
			  please, test it.

  `bdf-font'		  This is the value to use when you want to print
			  buffer with BDF fonts.  BDF fonts include both latin
			  and non-latin fonts.  BDF (Bitmap Distribution
			  Format) is a format used for distributing X's font
			  source file.  BDF fonts are included in
			  `intlfonts-1.2' which is a collection of X11 fonts
			  for all characters supported by Emacs.  In order to
			  use this value, be sure to have installed
			  `intlfonts-1.2' and set the variable
			  `bdf-directory-list' appropriately (see ps-bdf.el for
			  documentation of this variable).

  `bdf-font-except-latin' This is like `bdf-font' except that it uses
			  PostScript default fonts to print ASCII and Latin-1
			  characters.  This is convenient when you want or
			  need to use both latin and non-latin characters on
			  the same buffer.  See `ps-font-family',
			  `ps-header-font-family' and `ps-font-info-database'.

Any other value is treated as nil."
  :type '(choice (const non-latin-printer)     (const bdf-font)
		 (const bdf-font-except-latin) (const :tag "nil" nil))
  :group 'ps-print-font)