Re: kdeprint in kde 4

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Wednesday 04 March 2009 17:58:11 Anne Wilson wrote:
<snip>
> > > > "KDEPrint has been removed from kdelibs and kdecore for the 4.0
> > > > release. All applications have been ported to use Qt's printing
> > > > functions instead"
> > >
> > > Not the smartest design decision of 2008. :-)
> >
> > I get the impression allot of things were expendible for the sake of
> > competitive eye candy. I used both kooka and kpdf all the time and
> > they're down the third tube on the left also. I'll grant there are some
> > welcome improvements under the hood but what about useability? Seems they
> > left arts in, probably a trade off, arts or kdeprint which one should we
> > keep.
>
> FUD
Which part?
> > That's probably not fair but I couldn't help myself
>
> You can always help yourself.
>
Hey Anne.... ever have a bad day? ever need to get some work done and things just weren't going your way? ever sit down with some friends and have a cup of coffee and just express your feelings about something that's not going right in less than precise terms?


<snip>
> > My printers are networked
>
> They should still be listed in /etc/printcap
>
Of course they are listed in /etc/printcap because it is automatically generated even on a client when the server is the one with the installed printers and has been working flawlessy with all applications in kde 3.5 on this and two other workstations and now on this machine with kde-4 barring the aforementioned problems


> Anne


--
Cheers,


Rick Miles


Written on Prickle-Prickle, the 64th of Chaos, 3175
http://turtlespond.net
http://rickmiles.com.au



___________________________________________________
This message is from the kde mailing list.
Account management:  https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde.
Archives: http://lists.kde.org/.
More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.

[Index of Archives]     [Trinity (TDE) Desktop Users]     [Fedora KDE]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Linux Kernel]     [Gimp]     [GIMP for Windows]     [Gnome]     [Yosemite Hiking]
  Powered by Linux