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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: finding the unloved
From:       Anne Wilson <cannewilson () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2009-06-07 9:57:18
Message-ID: 200906071057.19511.cannewilson () googlemail ! com
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On Sunday 07 June 2009 10:39:54 John Layt wrote:
> On Saturday 06 June 2009 21:51:24 KSU wrote:
> > The part of KDE-4 that is most unloved in KPrinter.  In fact, there was
> > so little support for it that it was canceled. :-(  I have ideas about
> > how this should work, if anyone is interested.
>
> I wouldn't say entirely unloved, just an extremely demanding mistress...
> :-)
>
> The big thing with printing right now is trying to get all the features we
> need (like odd/even pages and persistent settings) built into the Qt print
> system and dialog, which is now more likely with their moving to a more
> open development model.  Trying to sort that will be my summer project, and
> anyone able to help will be welcome, especially anyone with Mac or Windows
> printing expertise as I have to solve cross-platform issues before I can
> push my patches upstream.
>
> The printer admin stuff is in good hands now with the underlying engine a
> cross-distro project between Red Hat, Mandriva, Ubuntu and others, with
> Kubuntu maintaining the KDE front-ends.
>
> Which leaves the KDE3 print utilities like kprinter and kdeprintfax.  These
> are things I just don't have time to work on at all and really are up for
> grabs.
>
While we're talking about printing, the thing I most miss is the ability to 
preview immediately before printing.  It's especially important if you are 
going to print a web page - to avoid the 10 pages of navigation panel and 
adverts when you only want 1-2 pages of content :-)

Although it won't be highest priority, my most wished-for other feature is 
brochure-style printing, such as kprinter used to offer with enscript.

Anne
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