On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 09:59:22AM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Allan> Maybe we are too configurable in this case. Since it seems > Allan> every bloke and his dog is using dvips for printing we should > Allan> limit support that _or_ an external script (as Angus > Allan> suggested). That might also make John extra happy by removing > Allan> an entire tab from Preferences. > > It depends. If some linux installations have good kde/gnome printing > helpers, we should be able to use them and bypass the print dialog > altogether. So the option might be either our print dialog with > hardcoded dvips or a custom one... However, I do not now much about > those tools.
The KDE tool is kprinter. http://printing.kde.org/screenshots/pics/printdialog.png It is more powerful than our dialog (for example, it allow selecting the printer from a listbox). We can use it just as we currently use an external program for fax sending, namely no need to add new code. Similar printing tools are qtcups, gtkcups, and xpp.
