Re: [Evolution] Buglets in RC1 build (+cvs.2001.11.02.08.57) I've seen

[Mark Neill <mark thisismyown com>]

On 2 Nov 2001, George Farris wrote:
> This is just plain wrong.  Gnome-print should show the queues that are
> on your machine so one can print with.  One should almost never have to
> type a queue name in.  Many home users have more than one printer.
>
> This small attention to detail is the stuff that makes the desktop nice
> to use for average users.  I mean what queue name do I type in???  No
> one knows unless they know to look in /etc/printcap, just doesn't cut
> it.
>
> Imagine setting up GNOME on a corporate desktop, how does the secretary
> find a different printer?  Not by typing in a print queue name thats for
> sure.

Platform Independence.

The guy who started this came from Windows.  You can run Evo under
Solaris, or umpteen Linux distros.  And you don't need to run it under
Gnome.

LPRng doesn't use printcap for config info.

There are lots of reasons why there is no simple answer to do what you
suggest.  Would it be a good idea?  Hell yeah.  But it's going to have to
fall to the role of a new Evo component to handle - see my last message.