Re: container/component printing?

[Chema Celorio <chema ximian com>]

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 04:04, Michael Meeks wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 05:20, Chema Celorio wrote:
> > This isn't in the plans right now, but the header is the easy fix. The
> > problem is the code to print with components, that code is unmaintained
> > and unused right now.
> 
> 	OTOH, that code is AFAIR ~100 lines of code; so ... ;-) not really the
> worlds toughest piece of code to maintain / re-write - which is why I'm
> so unconcerned about it. Essentially it whacked the gnome print metafile
> down a BonoboStream from A->B, oh and the container could tell it where
> it would be chopped up - so it could avoid those bits in it's rendering
> if it was interested; and that was about it.


Yeah, I am not concerned about the size or complexity either. I am more
concerned about using it and having sample and regresion test code for
it so that we can keep it working.

> 	My feeling is that component embedding and printing is a very simple
> problem, but one that people have a great desire to make more
> complicated than it needs to be ;-)

Not me! ;-). 

regards,
Chema