[ python-Feature Requests-1528593 ] Printing: No print dialog or page setup

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Feature Requests item #1528593, was opened at 2006-07-25 22:49
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Category: IDLE
Group: Python 2.6
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Private: No
Submitted By: Ronald Oussoren (ronaldoussoren)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Printing: No print dialog or page setup

Initial Comment:
The printing solution for IDLE on OSX is lacking a page setup dialog, or 
even a print dialog. This means output will also be sent to the default 
printer.

If there is no default printer (which means the user hasn't defined a 
printer at all) the user will get a confusing message (lpr failed). BTW. the 
message is clear for technical users, but not for mac users that aren't unix 
saffy.

It would be nice if IDLE could interface with the Carbon/Cocoa print 
system using a real print dialog. That way users can select another than 
the default printer, change page settings and can even print to PDF.

I've filed this as a low-priority issue for 2.6 because there's no way this 
will get into 2.5 and it likey non-trivial as well.

BTW. this might be a feature-request rather than a bug.

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Comment By: Tal Einat (taleinat)
Date: 2006-12-09 18:55

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This is a problem on all platforms.

We have recently been discussing possible solutions for Windows platforms,
but until now haven't found a solution that doesn't require the 'win32'
package.

The Unix/Linux platforms could probably be addressed without special
modules/packages...

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Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2006-07-26 23:45

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It's not just an OSX problem.  Printing in IDLE
is very rudimentary at this point.

Making this an RFE.

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