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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : MM-Edit - printing in colour?
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
MM-edit is great for colour syntax, etc, but is there any way to make the code printout in colour? It is always in black and white at the moment. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Downwind Guru  Joined: 09/09/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2333 |
Print to PDF, then paper print the PDF file......... Presto ..... you have colour text. Pete. Sometimes it just works |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6100 |
No colour at the moment and it is not very likely. Printing in colour from the edit window is not very easy unfortunately. Jim I might be able to do colour in the new version (which is still a long way off) I am changing programming languages so it's a start from scratch process. VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
Thanks guys. I never thought of printing to the PDF printer(which is installed), so I will do that - good idea, Pete.  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6100 |
Print to PDF will not help in this case. Currently, in MMedit you are printing the text file rather than the screen with the pretty colours. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
Oh, I see. 
Oh well - thanks anyway. It's not the end of the world. Colour code listings just look cute, is all.  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Downwind Guru Joined: 09/09/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2333 |
Still worth a try with the PDF i would think, although Jim seems to know more and i have not tested it, but it works for PE and any other program that uses coloured syntax, so if i was you i would give it a try anyway. Pete. Sometimes it just works |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
I will try, and post back. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
Jim was right.
Print to PDF works fine as far as the process goes, but the PDF file is just plain black-and-white. No matter - there are more important things in the world then MMedit printing in colour!  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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BobD Guru Joined: 07/12/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 935 |
An image capture and subsequent print of the image will give you a colour print of what is on the screen. There are numerous tools available to do screen captures. If you have one of the more recent Windoze then they have a tool called "Snipping Tool". Earlier Windoze (XP) have to resort to third party tools. SnagIt is one that comes to mind. Not sure if it is still available. Some the later versions of Microsoft Office also include a screen capture tool. If you have MSO it can be used for assembling multiple screen captures into a document for a better looking printout. |
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