Steve Morris escreveu:
> Tiago Salem Herrmann wrote:
>> Yes, it does not require it because it should be installed on demand.
>> I believe it is working for local printers only. I'll try to find a
>> network printer here to fix this.
>> Thanks.
>>
> I have installed system-config-printer and am wondering why we have
> it. It seems to me to offer nothing over printerdrake (which I must
> add I hardly ever use), and it certainly is not a patch on the
> configuration capabilities offered by cups (but then neither is
> printerdrake).
We have it because it is not very easy to maintain an internal tool, and
using a tool that is still under development and used by other distros
seems to be better, since everybody can contribute to improve it.
system-config-printer IMO has a more user friendly interface, and is
up-to-date with new technologies: dbus + hal (hal-cups-utils).
Besides that, there is nobody developing printerdrake at this moment.
> Also I cannot find any menu entries or hook into drakconf. I you are
> even thinking about making this useful then you need to provide either
> of these or ideally both.
Yes, as I said in a previous email, I'll integrate it in mcc.
the package provides the desktop files, and at least here I have this:
Menu->tools->system tools->printing
