On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 07:07:14AM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 06:12:22PM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > > > Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 12:52:25PM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > > > > > > So the question is what to do about this. Option (i): Kill the box. If a > > > user wants to run dvips -Pwhatever, let h'er enter it into the Printer > > > Command box. Option (ii): Keep the box, but add a tooltip along the > > > lines I suggested last: Either "Check this box only if you have > > > config.<printer> files installed for each printer you use." Or: "If you > > > don't know what this does, you don't need it. (See info dvips for help.)" > > > > > > Enrico, would that be OK with you? > > > > > > > > > I think option (ii)a would be correct. Notice that I don't have > > > multiple resolution printers, so I don't use it myself. > > > > > Here's what I intend to do: > > (i) Label the button "Adapt output to printer". Anything more > > intelligible will encourage neophytes to check this, which would be bad. > > (ii) Tooltip: "Customizes output to a given printer. Expert option." > > Discourages its use, again a good thing. > > (iii) whatsThis: "Normally, this needs to be checked...." continuing > > with stuff about dvips and config.* files. > > > > I also propose to change "Printer name" to "Default printer". That seems > > to be what it does. I also propose to re-arrange this dialog a bit. > > "Spool options" should be to the right of "spool command", and both of > > those should be at the bottom, since the other options affect the main > > command. A separator makes it clear that these are not connected with > > the other options. I've also added some tooltips for things that didn't > > have them. > > > > Large useless patch attached. Also a screenshot. OK? > > I don't see why "Set printer" is any different from "Spool printer". > If the "Spool command" is "lp", then "-d" should be used to specify > the printer, otherwise, if "Spool command" is "lpr" then "-P" is to > be used. (I think you opened a can of worms :)
Please, disregard the above nonsense due to sleep deprivation. -- Enrico
