Thanks for the info. On Fri, 14 Aug 2020, 6:14 pm Geert Janssens, <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> Hi Glen, > > > > The change in behaviour comes with the upgrade to webkit2 (which was > forced on us due to deprecation of webkit1 on linux distros). > > > > The newer webkit2 no longer provides the option to generate a pdf directly > from a report. So as a workaround we chose to fall back to opening the > print dialog. As this was essentially just replicating the print option > itself, the make pdf option has been removed in later versions. It may > still be in 3.4, but somewhere in the 3.x series it got completely removed. > > > > It is a loss of functionality unfortunately, but it would take more effort > to work around this than any of the contributors has been willing to spend > on it so far. We did look, but didn't find an easy solution. > > > > Regards, > > > > Geert > > > > Op vrijdag 14 augustus 2020 04:40:19 CEST schreef glenhawx: > > > TL:DR - Linux Version of GnuCash v3.4: "Print" and "Make PDF" now do the > > > same thing on my new install. Do I need an extra plugin or something so > > > that "Make PDF" saves directly to pdf without "printing" and generates a > > > filename from the Invoice number and date? (like it used to for me ) > > > > > > Hi to all my "Gnu" friends, > > > I recently needed to reinstall GnuCash on a fresh install of linux on my > > > chromebook (I have been using GnuCash on my chromebook for about a year > and > > > a half) and I'm having some issues with the "Make PDF" feature. > Previously > > > if I clicked "Make Pdf" it would immediately open up a save to PDF dialog > > > with the filename generated like this... > > > Invoice-000125-07_13_2020.pdf > > > ...and then I could append the file name like this... > > > Invoice-000125-07_13_2020-Geoff-ZoomaxPart.pdf > > > ...to make it more friendly. > > > However on my new install, "Make Pdf" does the same thing as "Print", > > > allowing me to print to file but with the default name of "output.pdf". > > > I have tried to find a solution online and by tinkering for a few days > now > > > and I'm stuck. I thought maybe I was missing a dependency or something > but I > > > couldn't figure out what it might be. > > > I knew that LibreOffice had a similar PDF export feature so I tried > > > installing that. The "export as PDF" worked as expected but still not in > > > GnuCash. > > > I tried uninstalling and reinstalling GnuCash with LibreOffice installed > but > > > still no go. > > > Has anyone experienced this issue and/or know what I need to do? > > > Regards, > > > Glen > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from: > http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
