| File -> Print is not available (under Linux) [message #289522] |
Sun, 07 August 2005 11:18  |
Eclipse User |
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Hi!
I am using Eclipse under Linux (Mandriva LE2005) and have so been since 2.x.
However, one thing irritates me and it is that I can't print from Eclipse as
the menu alternative File -> Print is shaded/faded/gray.
Is there something in particular that Eclipse needs to be able to print?
I have cups installed and printing works fine from other programs, such as
Firefox.
Jimisola
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| Re: File -> Print is not available (under Linux) [message #289609 is a reply to message #289592] |
Mon, 08 August 2005 15:35  |
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Originally posted by: bbiggs.ca.ibm.com
David Goodenough wrote:
> It does seem absolutely extraordinary that we are now up to Eclipse 3.1 and
> this is still a problem. It is particularly a problem as of the two under
> Linux the only one I can get to work is the gtk version which means no
> printing.
Well, it means you can still print files using the external tools
thing, and map that to lpr or your favourite printing tool.
> To ask what may be a silly question, if xprint can be used to print under
> Motif why can not it not also be used to print under Gtk? Even if it did
> not produce a 100% solution at least it would give us something. Looking
> at the Debian package for xprint there are no dependancies on Motif, so
> presumably it can be used without Motif in the Gtk environment.
A major issue would be converting from pango fonts to X11 fonts,
which often isn't possible.
GTK+ does not support printing. It was on the plan for GTK+ 2.8 but
it ended up getting dropped. Now that cairo is going into GTK+ this
will likely become the basis of their printing support. I think
libgnomeprint is currently looking to be the best option, although they
have broken ABI in the past and some people do not consider this library
safe yet for ISVs. As well, it will likely be deprecated soon when GTK+
gets printing.
I think the two best options now are to try and leverage the cairo
ps/pdf backend, but then we'd still need a printer dialog (maybe do this
in concert with GTK+), or try and do the libgnomeprint work in some safe
way.
-Billy
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