Re: Getting Gvim print button to print in landscape mode

I've compiled and installed the latest version of Gvim downloaded from GitHub (see below).

Regretfully, the problem persists!

So ... how does vimrc tell Gvim to print in landscape mode, since the documented method doesn't work?

Thank you,

Eric

$ gvim --version

VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Mar  1 2025 18:09:54)
Included patches: 1-1163
Compiled by ericthered@OasisMega1
Huge version with GTK2 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl               +file_in_path      +mouse_urxvt       -tag_any_white
+arabic            +find_in_path      +mouse_xterm       -tcl
+autocmd           +float             +multi_byte        +termguicolors
+autochdir         +folding           +multi_lang        +terminal
-autoservername    -footer            -mzscheme          +terminfo
+balloon_eval      +fork()            +netbeans_intg     +termresponse
+balloon_eval_term +gettext           +num64             +textobjects
+browse            -hangul_input      +packages          +textprop
++builtin_terms    +iconv             +path_extra        +timers
+byte_offset       +insert_expand     -perl              +title
+channel           +ipv6              +persistent_undo   +toolbar
+cindent           +job               +popupwin          +user_commands
+clientserver      +jumplist          +postscript        +vartabs
+clipboard         +keymap            +printer           +vertsplit
+cmdline_compl     +lambda            +profile           +vim9script
+cmdline_hist      +langmap           -python            +viminfo
+cmdline_info      +libcall           -python3           +virtualedit
+comments          +linebreak         +quickfix          +visual
+conceal           +lispindent        +reltime           +visualextra
+cryptv            +listcmds          +rightleft         +vreplace
+cscope            +localmap          -ruby              +wildignore
+cursorbind        -lua               +scrollbind        +wildmenu
+cursorshape       +menu              +signs             +windows
+dialog_con_gui    +mksession         +smartindent       +writebackup
+diff              +modify_fname      -sodium            +X11
+digraphs          +mouse             -sound             +xattr
+dnd               +mouseshape        +spell             -xfontset
-ebcdic            +mouse_dec         +startuptime       +xim
+emacs_tags        -mouse_gpm         +statusline        +xpm
+eval              -mouse_jsbterm     -sun_workshop      +xsmp_interact
+ex_extra          +mouse_netterm     +syntax            +xterm_clipboard
+extra_search      +mouse_sgr         +tag_binary        -xterm_save
-farsi             -mouse_sysmouse    -tag_old_static    
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
 3rd user vimrc file: "~/.config/vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
3rd user gvimrc file: "~/.config/vim/gvimrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/libmount -I/usr/include/blkid -I/usr/include/fribidi -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/uuid -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -latk-1.0 -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lharfbuzz -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -ltinfo -lselinux

On 2025-03-01 17:54, Eric Marceau wrote:

Retry with less "quoting" because email was rejected first time around ...

On 2025-03-01 15:12, Christian Brabandt wrote:

Your options included portrait, but I thought you wanted landscape?

As I pointed out in the snapshot of the documentation on the site that you sent me, it clearly states that

• "portrait=n"  (please refer back to snapshot of that documentation page in my previous email)
  

is the specified method to tell Gvim that landscape mode is the desired print mode.

The bug was, that vim wouldn't set landscape orientation no matter what you configured in printoptions in the generated postscript file.

Since you questioned the "portrait=n" method, is there a new "landscape=y" method, or is there a different documentation page that I should be referring to instead of the "vimhelp.org" reference?

Where did you find that URL?

That is the URL on the documentation page at

• https://vimhelp.org/usr_90.txt.html#usr_90.txt

under the heading "FROM A PACKAGE".

The ftp mirror has been retired.

Using the information obtained from

• https://github.com/vim/vim?tab=readme-ov-file

is the most recent version (v9.1.1163) uploaded to

• https://github.com/vim/vim/tags

a confirmed functional build?

Also, as a bit of feedback, since Unix is not exactly Linux, or vice-versa, if the code is usable for both environments, may I suggest modifying the references (in documentation) to "Unix/Linux" or "Unix (Linux)" to eliminate confusion for people who think too literally about such things?

Thank you for the above, and for your ongoing contributions to the Gvim project.

Eric