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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Custom page size in QPrinter
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2003-02-25 21:28:48
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On Tuesday 25 February 2003 22:09, Philipp Müller wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 February 2003 18:00, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > I was made aware that there is not any way to define a page size
> > dimension (height, width) when QPrinter::Custom is selected as page size
> > in QPrinter.
> >
> > This make that you cannot define page size not known by QT (like for
> > example ISO C6.)

It is now QT Issue #17378

>
> Nicolas,
>
> First, thanks for writing this to QT.
>
> Second, now that we are aware of this topic, we should do something in
> current koffice/cvs.
> As the settings makes basically sense (e.g. in KSpread it defines how many
> columns fit on a page), we shouldn't remove the option completely.
>
> OTOH keeping it unchanged, we will have "confused" users, as paper size is
> not adjusted in ps files and we may get broken output, if custom size > DIN
> A4.
>
> So should we:
> a) Disable it completely (for me no option)

That would be my preference.

However as David has written, the custom values are still useful at least in 
KPresenter. (You do not always print a presentation, but you need to fit the 
screen size.)

> b) Resize the output to a defined size > custom size (still confusing)
> c) show a messagebox explaining this to the user

c could be interesting too. (If b is implemented, will should display a dialog 
too.)

> d) keep it as it is
> e) ?
>
> Philipp

Have a nice day/evening/night!

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