Re: gnome_print_config_set GNOME_PRINT_KEY_ORIENTATION

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 02:07:08PM +0200, Hubert Sokolowski wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> this is my first post on this list. I am writing a gtk application that is
> using gtkhtml3 and prints a html page.
> 
> I try to print a html page using gtkhtml3's function gtk_html_print.
> I want it to be printed in landscape orientation (rotated by 90 degrees)
> so the page looks like that
> +--------------+
> |  text here   |
> |              |
> |              |
> +--------------+
> 
> I use this code but that does not work, the page is printed in portrait
> orientation, just the text is moved down to the half of a paper.
> 
>     GnomePrintContext *pc;
>     GnomePrintConfig *cfg;
> 
>     cfg = gnome_print_config_default ();
>     if (!gnome_print_config_set (cfg, GNOME_PRINT_KEY_ORIENTATION,
>                                  "R90"))
>       log ("could not set config");
>     gnome_print_config_set (cfg, "Printer", "PDF");
>     gnome_print_config_set (cfg, GNOME_PRINT_KEY_OUTPUT_FILENAME,
>                             "/tmp/page.pdf");
>     pc = gnome_print_context_new (cfg);
>     gtk_html_print ((GtkHTML*) view, pc);
> 
> I use libgnomeprint 2.10.3
> 
> Anyone has a clue why this code does not work as expected?

Set the printer before setting anything else.
There is a design bug in libgnomeprint such that the printer defines
all the settings.  If the printer is changed, all previous changes
are lost.