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by Steve Morris-5
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Tiago Salem Herrmann wrote:
> 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).The only advantage this interface may have over printerdrake is that it
looks like the windows print monitor.
> 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
>
I have it now too. It doesn't appear in KDE4 until one reboots, a logout
and log back in again doesn't produce it.
regards,
Steve
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> 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
>
I have it now too. It doesn't appear in KDE4 until one reboots, a logout
and log back in again doesn't produce it.
regards,
Steve
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