Since starting my damn-the-torpedoes-full-speed-ahead journey the past
few weeks to solely use TDE, I found the need today to print a simple
one-page text file.
Since using KDE Kate for the past some years I had to always temporarily
change the font size from old eyes on-screen 20 point to 12 point for
printing, then restore the font size for old eyes on-screen viewing. A
nuisance to some degree.
For my current print task I began to do likewise with TDE Kate. I ran
into some nuisance issues.
There is no Print Preview menu option like in KDE Kate. I looked in the
TDE Katepart toolbar config dialog. There is an option to add a Print
button to the toolbar but not for Print Preview.
Instead there is a Preview check box in the Print dialog. Curiouser and
curiouser.
The Print Preview dialog opened to an annoying half screen window. I
want to preview the entire document, not the upper one-third. A
one-click solution using the window sizing widgets to change the window
to full screen, but not permanent. I ended up creating a special window
rule to open the Print Preview dialog full screen. Search as I might,
configuring the Print Preview window to default to full screen without
the rule escapes me. Okay, I found a solution, but there must be a way
to do this without a rule, right?
I proceeded to exercise my cursing skills because despite having changed
my old eyes on-screen font size to 12 point, the Print Preview kept
showing the font size as my original 20 point selection for on-screen,
forcing the short document into two pages.
Then the cobwebs flushed. I remembered TDE Kate has different font
schemas, including one for printing. Ah yes, now I remember. I might
have changed the old eyes on-screen font size, but the Print schema
remained the same 20 points. I modified the Print schema to 12 point and
the Print Preview looked great. A one page document. Then I restored the
old eyes on-screen font size to 20 point.
That got me searching the web for why KDE Kate does not do this. Same
roots and heritage, right? I don't know. A rabbit hole. Looks like the
font schema feature was removed or moved somewhere that only geeks would
know where to look. Or I am blind and stupid.
In the end I thought, yes, a fine feature to have different font
schemas. Screens and printers are different. Nice to know that within
TDE Kate I do not have to temporarily modify the old eyes on-screen font
size when printing. Convenient.
And unlike KDE Kate, TDE Kate launches almost instantaneously. Chalk up
a few points for TDE.
Rub my belly and watch my leg jiggle.
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