Re: Unix printing fix, plus a call for help

On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 07:15 -0500, Dominic Lachowicz wrote:
> I just committed a patch that makes Abi use GnomePrint for printing on
> the command line. That is,
>
> AbiWord --print PrinterName file.doc
>
> will print to PrinterName via GnomePrint instead of our PSGraphics
> class. This should fix a host of bugs. Like on Win32, "-" is the magic
> name for the default printer.
>
> Now, my printer doesn't have any ink at the moment, so I can't fully
> test this. Everything seemed to go OK - LPR warned me that there was
> no default printer, which I think that is a good sign. If someone
> could test this and let me know the results, I'd appreciate it.

For the record: works like a charm... Tested by running AbIWord ssh/X11
to home, and calling wendy to ask if there was any output :-P

Marc

> "Regressions":
> The syntax and semantics of --print on Unix have changed. No longer do
> you need to specify "|lpr -Pwhatever" to print to the printer named
> "whatever". Printing via an external print command like kprinter no
> longer works. I view this as a feature, albeit one that needs serious
> documenting.
>
> You can no longer print to a PS file via --print. But that's why I
> added --to=ps the other day, so that you can get the same semantics.
>
> Improvements:
> All the improvements of GnomePrint over our PSGraphics class. No more
> discrepancies between File->Print and --print. Better Unicode support.
> Support for alpha channels. Better font support. Etc. Once the
> PSGraphics class is removed, Abi will be slightly smaller in Tomas'
> ultra-slim build.
>
> TODO:
> cvs rm the PSGraphics class once I get confirmation that this patch works.
>
> Best,
> Dom
Received on Wed Nov 22 15:53:25 2006