Re: hardcopy and double-spaced printing

On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Kevin Lawler <kevin.lawler@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to have hardcopy (printing) respect GUI Vim's linespace
> or some similar option in order to achieve double-spaced printing. Is
> there a way to do this?

I think you could do it with a custom 'printexpr' (q.v.) but you might
have to experiment before you find the right setting.
>
> The current alternative is to copy the text out of Vim (MacVim) and
> paste it into Microsoft Word, and then use their double-spacing
> feature.
>
> I would also be willing to use some kind of Vim command-line fu or
> postscript after-processing with Unix tools, if any of this is a
> possible solution. Is there some way to pass a simple arg to the
> postscript writer?
>
> Unlikely to work: Since there are long lines and rarely newlines,
> simply replacing each newline with two won't work (unless you can
> somehow intercept the wrapping done for printing, plus respect page
> breaks and headers).
>
> I sort of suspect some dev is required but I am asking here first
> anyway. If so, I would guess it's probably a simple variable that goes
> to the vim postscript writer that needs to be changed. If the
> translation from linespace to the postscript variable is not direct,
> then a janky version, e.g. setting the var directly, would be
> suitable. Perhaps as a postscript argument. Linespace is just a good
> way of describing what typically goes into double-spacing.

Unless a good 'printexpr' can be devised, an additional sub-option to
'printoptions' (see |popt-option|) might solve it but this would
require a change in the C code and I'm not competent to do it.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin

Best regards,
Tony.

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