In that other OS, I can select files, right click and select "Print" (with the default application). Can I do this in Konq? I can't see a menu option to allow me to do this.
Please disregard previous ideas that don't work.
Having researched this a little, I did get it to work with OpenOffice.
Place this file in: "$HOME/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/"
ooffice_print_service.desktop ------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8< [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 ServiceTypes=application/vnd.sun.xml.writer Actions=Print_OO
[Desktop Action Print_OO] Name=Print file Exec=$HOME/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/soffice -p %F Icon=kjobviewer
------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<
{make any minor changes to the path in the: "Exec" line.
This does work on my system.
Note that if you wish to print other OpenOffice file types, just add the needed MIME types to the: "ServiceTypes=" (use ";" as the delimiter -- NO space}
Printing a PDF file is a much different issue.
I don't think that AAR will do this and you don't need it to do it.
In any case, you need to add a similar "*.desktop" file to your global "servicemenus" directory: "$KDEDIR/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/":
pdf_print_service.desktop ------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8< [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 ServiceTypes=application/pdf Actions=Print_PDF
[Desktop Action Print_PDF] Name=Print file Exec=<command> %F Icon=kjobviewer
------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<
I hope that you can see a patten here. The names must be unique and the MIME type must be the correct MIME type. The only question is what to use as the <command>.
NOTE: I think that KDE should have this capability built in and you might want to file a wish request for it:
http://bugs.kde.org/
There appear to be two possible ways to do this.
1. The print filter could be setup to directly print PDF files. Yours might be able to do this, but I find that the one on my system (GNUlpr) isn't. If it was, you could just use the printer command (e.g. "lpr") for <command>.
2. You can write a shell script that will print the PDF file directly. Use GhostScript to convert the file to PS and then print it, and use the script name (e.g. "print_pdf") as the command.
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