Re: Printing Abiword file outside Abiword produces all xml formatting information

From: John Mellor (John@Kungfu-tse.net)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 23:17:48 GMT

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    On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 19:27, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
    > On Fri, 2002-02-08 at 16:30, John Mellor wrote:
    > > I think there is a technical expression for this but I hope I can make
    > > myself clear. I put a Gnome Printer Applet in my panel so I can print
    > > files by dragging them straight from the file manager (Nautilus) and
    > > dropping them onto the applet. Very convenient I thought for a quick
    > > copy without opening Abiword. However, the output is a verbatim copy of
    > > all the formatting info. The same happens if I print from the X-printer
    > > utility. I presume both these think the file is plain text. Both use lpr
    > > as the command, but I cannot find any argument that might resolve this.
    > > Can anyone help please?
    >
    > AbiWord files are just plain text, as all XML files are. Drag a HTML
    > file to your printer and you'll get just the HTML tags and not the
    > pretty display that netscape will show you on screen. You can run
    > abiword --print=file.ps or abiword --print=|lpr to print to a file or to
    > a printer.
    >
    > Dom

    Thanks, Dom. I think I see what is happening now. The next question I
    then have, if you don't mind,is: I have downloaded gtklp and would like
    to use it for all my printing. I changed lpr in the galeon printing box
    to gtklp and it has stayed there, which is just what I want. I cannot,
    however, do the same with Abiword as it just keeps reappearing as lpr.
    The same happens with the printing box in Evolution. Any ideas how I can
    make it stay as gtklp? I don't mind the initial box appearing, as it
    gives me the option of a print preview in Galeon, and of printing to
    Gfax in Abiword and Evolution. I would just like its printing
    instruction to be gtklp instead of lpr, so I can check all the settings
    before printing anything.



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