Yes. Why is xprint so evil? I if works, it must be better with half-broken than 100% broken? man, 27.09.2004 kl. 14.26 skrev Rex Dieter: > Christopher Aillon wrote: > > Rex Dieter wrote: > > > >> Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > >> > >>> Not having support for multiple printers (unless you know the syntax of > >>> lpr) is really a huge handicap for end-user-friendlyness IMO > > >> I thought I'd at leaste mention that by using xprint > >> (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xprint/) > >> one can get this feature *now*. > > > Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0PR1, and Thunderbird 0.8 query cups for the > > printer list. All of which are in rawhide. Now. Without xprint. > > I'm using mozilla-1.7.3 on my box right now (and without xprint), the > only printer listed for me is "Postscript/default". Am I missing something? > > >> Unfortunately, redhat has been reluctant to provide the support in > >> their build of mozilla for it to work. > ... > > I'd say s/reluctant/strongly opposed/ to xprint but that has been > > discussed elsewhere and no need for déjà vu all over again. > > The only responses I've ever seen/heard from redhat regarding xprint is > a curt replies like yours. > > I don't know about your deja-vu, but all I know is that xprint has > worked for me personally going back to the mozilla-1.4 days. What's > troublesome to me is that I see no harm in simply enabling xprint > support in the mozilla builds, since it does nothing if xprint isn't > installed and running, yet redhat *still* refuses to even allow that. > > -- Rex >
