[Printing-architecture] [Gimp-print-devel] Common Printing Dialog: PPD extension specs updated
Till Kamppeter
till.kamppeter at gmail.com
Thu Jul 31 00:10:28 PDT 2008
Robert Krawitz wrote:
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:54:38 +0200
> From: Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter at gmail.com>
>
> After getting some suggestions from Mike Sweet I have updated the specs
> again in some points:
>
> - Fallback when there are no Quick Presets: Option to choose BW or color
> is "ColorModel", not "ColorMode".
>
> - Simplified option tagging: Now the PPD contains one entry per tag. It
> defines the tag, its UI string and the options being under that tag. No
> additional lines in each option entry any more.
>
> - Option names in tag definitions and quick preset definitions start
> with an asterisk, to clearly mark them as option names and following the
> Adobe convention where main keywords start with an asterisk.
>
> - The CUPS options brightness, gamma, hue, and saturation are deprecated
> (will be removed from CUPS soon) and therefore they will not get
> included in the Common Printing Dialog. I have removed them from the PPD
> extensions specs.
>
> - The CUPS options page-left, page-right, page-top, and page-bottom
> apply only to plain-text jobs. Therefore I have put them under the
> "Text" tag.
>
> Mike, thank you very much for your help.
>
> One other hint I'd like: "hide", to not display the option at all.
> This is for the fine adjustment options for the Gutenprint floating
> point options. With proper input widgets, the fine adjustment options
> shouldn't display at all.
>
I have added the "hide" widget hint now.
Till
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