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Weird every Ubuntu install I've ever seen had a "Print to file" option in the print dialogue - which just worked.
by asdfgadsfgasfdg 9y ago
Weird every Ubuntu install I've ever seen had a "Print to file" option in the print dialogue - which just worked.
- Freak_NL 9y agoIndeed. I can't remember installing a PDF-printer any time the past decade. It's just been there.
- icebraining 9y agoThis SE answer from six years ago corroborates that: https://askubuntu.com/questions/81817/how-to-install-a-pdf-printer https://askubuntu.com/questions/81817/how-to-install-a-pdf-p... Although, they say it doesn't show up in every application.
- abritinthebay 9y agoIndeed - it does not. I’m looking at it right now not doing so. So, as I said, not the same level of integration.
- icebraining 9y agoYeah, apparently it requires the application to use GTK and its printing dialog: https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkPrintUnixDialog.html https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkPrintUnixDialog.h...
- abritinthebay 9y agoThat makes sense. It also highlights why Linux/Unix will likely never have the kind of seamless system wide integration I’m talking about - different design choices for the structure of the OS & GUI. Nothing wrong with those choices (they give the end user more flexibility & control for example) but it is a trade off
- asdfgadsfgasfdg 9y agoApplications from the KDE side do have a different printing dialog.