[wxPython-users] RE: Printing the contents of a text control

[Christopher Barker]

Mike Driscoll wrote:
>> I've got a multiline, readonly wx.TextCtrl which has a bunch 
>> of text inside of it. What is the easiest way to enable the 
>> user to print this output text via a standard print dialog?

> Some people seem to think that the wx.HtmlSimplePrinting method is the
> easiest, as stated in the wiki:
> 
> http://wiki.wxpython.org/Printing

yup. One of the key problems is that when you print text, you have to 
typeset it one way or another (figure out where to put line breaks, 
etc). The html engine does this for you -- it's fairly limited, but if 
it does what you need, it's much easier than any of the alternatives.

-Chris



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