Re: Gnome Print

[Sensei <senseiwa tin it>]

Sean Middleditch wrote:
> ya; i guess they changed names to libgnomeprint when gnome2 came out.

> not sure what you mean by this.  any app using libgnomeprint should show
> a list of configured printers.  gnome-cups-manager lets you manage
> those.

That's one point: they must be written thinking about libgnomeprint... 
and it's not so good. Think about acrobat reader... think about 
openoffice...

The other point is about a ``general view'': it should embed cups and 
lp, so noone will know if it's a cups printer or a lp one... moreover, 
it can replace both, or better, replace lp with itself :) try to use as 
a printer ``kprinter''... that's a good start!

> yes, this indeed sucks.  i would love to see more proliferation of
> zeroconf, slp, and other technologies in the desktop, especially when it
> comes to printing and remote volumes...

Yes! gnome-vfs should implement the fish protocol (ssh), more ease for 
the common user! ;)

> if you write up a list of specific requirements and needs, it would
> greatly assist the developers in making future versions workable.  it's
> like that many of the libgnomeprint developers don't know what is needed
> outside of their personal experience.  of course, they could also use
> help coding, I'm sure...;-)

Good to know! I'll write some specifications...

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