printing pdf of agenda buffer: two issues

printing pdf of agenda buffer: two issues

[Alan E. Davis]

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Maybe I have missed something about the use of this new feature.  And also
other attempts to print have failed. So I am posing two questions in this
post (hopefully related).  They may well be due to my setup.

1.  When I attempt to write a pdf file of a buffer of TODO items as
collected by C-c a t, the following error is reported:

     comment-normalize-vars: Command attempted to use minibuffer while in
minibuffer
      Formatting...  0%
      color-values: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("blue" :weight bold)

   There is little use in my theorizing about this.

2.  I have tried two other ways to print agenda output, using scripts posted
elsewhere.  One of them was a script from an org-mode tutorial, and the
other, perhaps, from the FAQ.  Both times, I get colored text that cannot
print.  It is pale yellow.

Perhaps these are related?

I'm sorry if I overlooked or ignored other messages about this.  I looked.

Alan


-- 
Alan Davis

"An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need for one
non-existent."                     ---Lord Raleigh (John William Strutt), or
else his son, who was also a scientist.

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when
there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
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Re: printing pdf of agenda buffer: two issues

[Carsten Dominik]

On Mar 6, 2009, at 6:32 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote:

> Maybe I have missed something about the use of this new feature.   
> And also other attempts to print have failed. So I am posing two  
> questions in this post (hopefully related).  They may well be due to  
> my setup.
>
> 1.  When I attempt to write a pdf file of a buffer of TODO items as  
> collected by C-c a t, the following error is reported:
>
>      comment-normalize-vars: Command attempted to use minibuffer  
> while in minibuffer
>       Formatting...  0%
>       color-values: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("blue" :weight  
> bold)
>
>    There is little use in my theorizing about this.


I cannot reproduce this.  C-x C-w somefile.pdf RET in my agenda works.

>
>
> 2.  I have tried two other ways to print agenda output, using  
> scripts posted elsewhere.  One of them was a script from an org-mode  
> tutorial, and the other, perhaps, from the FAQ.  Both times, I get  
> colored text that cannot print.  It is pale yellow.


Very likel this is because you are using a script that
runs Emacs in batch-mode, in which case the font colors
are poorly defined.  You can try to bind org-agenda-with-colors
to nil during the agenda command, as one of the options.

>
>
> Perhaps these are related?

I don't think so.

HTH

- Carsten

Re: printing pdf of agenda buffer: two issues

[Ivan Nedrehagen]

På Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:38:22 +0100, skrev Carsten Dominik  
<dominik@science.uva.nl>:

>
> On Mar 6, 2009, at 6:32 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote:
>
>> Maybe I have missed something about the use of this new feature.  And  
>> also other attempts to print have failed. So I am posing two questions  
>> in this post (hopefully related).  They may well be due to my setup.
>>
>> 1.  When I attempt to write a pdf file of a buffer of TODO items as  
>> collected by C-c a t, the following error is reported:
>>
>>      comment-normalize-vars: Command attempted to use minibuffer while  
>> in minibuffer
>>       Formatting...  0%
>>       color-values: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("blue" :weight bold)
>>
>>    There is little use in my theorizing about this.
>
>
> I cannot reproduce this.  C-x C-w somefile.pdf RET in my agenda works.
>
>>
>>
>> 2.  I have tried two other ways to print agenda output, using scripts  
>> posted elsewhere.  One of them was a script from an org-mode tutorial,  
>> and the other, perhaps, from the FAQ.  Both times, I get colored text  
>> that cannot print.  It is pale yellow.
>
>
> Very likel this is because you are using a script that
> runs Emacs in batch-mode, in which case the font colors
> are poorly defined.  You can try to bind org-agenda-with-colors
> to nil during the agenda command, as one of the options.
>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps these are related?
>
> I don't think so.
>
> HTH
>
> - Carsten
>
>
>

I am running Emacs on Windows, and I have a similar problem with org-mode  
6.24b.

My *Messages* gives me this

Preparing diary...done
Loading cl-macs...done
Loading cl-seq...done
Formatting...  0%
Loading ps-mule...done
Loading composite...done
Collecting face information...
Formatting... 39%
ps-e-color-values: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("blue" :weight bold)

Hope anyone can help. An pdf from agenda view would give a good kick in  
the butt
to they guys in the office who frowns upon planning done elsewhere than MS  
Projects
and Outlook :P

- Ivan

Re: printing pdf of agenda buffer: two issues

[Carsten Dominik]

On Mar 13, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Ivan Nedrehagen wrote:

> På Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:38:22 +0100, skrev Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl 
> >:
>
>>
>> On Mar 6, 2009, at 6:32 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe I have missed something about the use of this new feature.   
>>> And also other attempts to print have failed. So I am posing two  
>>> questions in this post (hopefully related).  They may well be due  
>>> to my setup.
>>>
>>> 1.  When I attempt to write a pdf file of a buffer of TODO items  
>>> as collected by C-c a t, the following error is reported:
>>>
>>>     comment-normalize-vars: Command attempted to use minibuffer  
>>> while in minibuffer
>>>      Formatting...  0%
>>>      color-values: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("blue" :weight  
>>> bold)
>>>
>>>   There is little use in my theorizing about this.
>>
>>
>> I cannot reproduce this.  C-x C-w somefile.pdf RET in my agenda  
>> works.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2.  I have tried two other ways to print agenda output, using  
>>> scripts posted elsewhere.  One of them was a script from an org- 
>>> mode tutorial, and the other, perhaps, from the FAQ.  Both times,  
>>> I get colored text that cannot print.  It is pale yellow.
>>
>>
>> Very likel this is because you are using a script that
>> runs Emacs in batch-mode, in which case the font colors
>> are poorly defined.  You can try to bind org-agenda-with-colors
>> to nil during the agenda command, as one of the options.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps these are related?
>>
>> I don't think so.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>
>>
>
> I am running Emacs on Windows, and I have a similar problem with org- 
> mode 6.24b.
>
> My *Messages* gives me this
>
> Preparing diary...done
> Loading cl-macs...done
> Loading cl-seq...done
> Formatting...  0%
> Loading ps-mule...done
> Loading composite...done
> Collecting face information...
> Formatting... 39%
> ps-e-color-values: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("blue" :weight bold)

What is ps-e-color-values?  I do not have this function.

- Carsten

>
> Hope anyone can help. An pdf from agenda view would give a good kick  
> in the butt
> to they guys in the office who frowns upon planning done elsewhere  
> than MS Projects
> and Outlook :P
>
> - Ivan
>
>
>
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Re: printing pdf of agenda buffer: two issues

[Ivan Nedrehagen]

På Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:10:30 +0100, skrev Carsten Dominik  
<dominik@science.uva.nl>:

>
> On Mar 13, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Ivan Nedrehagen wrote:
>
>> På Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:38:22 +0100, skrev Carsten Dominik  
>> <dominik@science.uva.nl>:
>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 6, 2009, at 6:32 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe I have missed something about the use of this new feature.  And  
>>>> also other attempts to print have failed. So I am posing two  
>>>> questions in this post (hopefully related).  They may well be due to  
>>>> my setup.
>>>>
>>>> 1.  When I attempt to write a pdf file of a buffer of TODO items as  
>>>> collected by C-c a t, the following error is reported:
>>>>
>>>>     comment-normalize-vars: Command attempted to use minibuffer while  
>>>> in minibuffer
>>>>      Formatting...  0%
>>>>      color-values: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("blue" :weight bold)
>>>>
>>>>   There is little use in my theorizing about this.
>>>
>>>
>>> I cannot reproduce this.  C-x C-w somefile.pdf RET in my agenda works.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2.  I have tried two other ways to print agenda output, using scripts  
>>>> posted elsewhere.  One of them was a script from an org-mode  
>>>> tutorial, and the other, perhaps, from the FAQ.  Both times, I get  
>>>> colored text that cannot print.  It is pale yellow.
>>>
>>>
>>> Very likel this is because you are using a script that
>>> runs Emacs in batch-mode, in which case the font colors
>>> are poorly defined.  You can try to bind org-agenda-with-colors
>>> to nil during the agenda command, as one of the options.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps these are related?
>>>
>>> I don't think so.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I am running Emacs on Windows, and I have a similar problem with org- 
>> mode 6.24b.
>>
>> My *Messages* gives me this
>>
>> Preparing diary...done
>> Loading cl-macs...done
>> Loading cl-seq...done
>> Formatting...  0%
>> Loading ps-mule...done
>> Loading composite...done
>> Collecting face information...
>> Formatting... 39%
>> ps-e-color-values: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("blue" :weight bold)
>
> What is ps-e-color-values?  I do not have this function.
>
> - Carsten
>
>>
>> Hope anyone can help. An pdf from agenda view would give a good kick in  
>> the butt
>> to they guys in the office who frowns upon planning done elsewhere than  
>> MS Projects
>> and Outlook :P
>>
>> - Ivan
>>
>>
>>
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>
>


It is a defalias for 'color-value used in ps-print.el
Somehow, while searching for the values, I somehow made the error go away,
Ill get back to it if I am able to reproduce.

- Ivan