> On 19 Mar 2020, at 15:59, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> > wrote: > > > >> On Mar 19, 2020 w12d79, at 10:43 AM, Michael Hendry >> <hendry.mich...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 19 Mar 2020, at 13:29, Adrien Monteleone >>> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >>> >>> Michael, >>> >>> Out of curiosity, does the built-in print to file (as PDF) or ‘Make PDF' >>> features of GnuCash not produce a proper document for you? >> >> "Print => Print to File" fails - “Operation not supported”. > > Sorry, forgot there was a bug (at least on Mac), which is why this error was > returned. (to direct the user to use the MakePDF button) > >> "Make pdf" succeeds, but generates a horizontally split row of characters >> across page breaks, like this: >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/t345r4ex4wfmjgb/Screenshot%202020-03-19%2015.12.47.png?dl=0 > > Hmmm... It doesn’t split lines for me on Catalina. I tried several reports. > Maybe it’s just a hit and miss thing.
I stuck with High Sierra, as I’m still using some 32-bit legacy applications. The split lines don’t occur at every page boundary - the last time I used “Make PDF” I got six instances in a 23 page PDF. Michael > >> >> “Print ==> a selected printer” appears to bypass the Mac’s own printer >> drivers, and produces the same horizontally split lines across page breaks. > > I still don’t understand why GnuCash has its own print (or file) dialog > instead of just using a system dialog. I’m sure there are past threads about > it and it was explained, I just don’t recall at the moment what the reason > is. Perhaps it has something to do with not being a native app. > >> >>> >>> Does opening the HTML in a browser or other app not create a proper >>> document when saving to PDF via the MacOS print facility? >> >> That works fine, as does Safari’s "File => Export as PDF…”. >> >> My conclusion is that the problem arises when GnuCash is dealing with the >> pagination. When it is creating an HTML file it doesn’t have to bother with >> that aspect, which is dealt with by the browser. >> >> I chose to go down the shell script route so as to avoid having to (remember >> to) open each HTML file in Safari and export to PDF every time I made a >> change in a report and exported it to HTML. > > Yes, that is certainly easier. > > Regards, > Adrien > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
