From kde-devel  Sun Apr 30 17:09:51 2000
From: Espen Sand <espensa () online ! no>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 17:09:51 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: KDialogBase,KJanusWidget remove method.
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Stephan Heigl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i was in need of a remove mehtod in KDialogBase and "implemented" it by 
> myself. But the result is really disappointig so i suggest NOT to include 
> such a method in KDialogBase as well as KJanusWdgt cause it is only confusing 
> for the user. 

I am not surprised :) Dynamic add and/or removal is useful only in a very few
cases, if any. Disable it (gray it out) instead.

> 
> Another thing, what is meant by "print to file" in print dialogs? only save 
> the data to a ps file or apply a ppd file/other printer specific things(e.g. 
> convert it to PCL) to it and save it?
>
I general would say: select the printer language (pcl, postscript, text, ...)
and save your data so that it can be sent unmodified to the printer later
from the commandline. 

-- 
Espen Sand