From unknown Mon Mar 16 04:10:08 2026 X-Loop: owner@bugs.x2go.org Subject: Bug#740: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#740: Ship a default, small-footprint, F/LOSS PDF viewer with x2goclient Reply-To: Mike Gabriel , 740@bugs.x2go.org Resent-From: Mike Gabriel Resent-To: x2go-dev@lists.x2go.org Resent-CC: X2Go Developers X-Loop: owner@bugs.x2go.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@bugs.x2go.org X-X2Go-PR-Message: followup 740 X-X2Go-PR-Package: x2goclient X-X2Go-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 740-submit@bugs.x2go.org id=B740.142106450720247 (code B ref 740); Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:10:02 +0000 Received: (at 740) by bugs.x2go.org; 12 Jan 2015 12:08:27 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on ymir.das-netzwerkteam.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received: from freya.das-netzwerkteam.de (freya.das-netzwerkteam.de [88.198.48.199]) by ymir.das-netzwerkteam.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A92755DEAA for <740@bugs.x2go.org>; 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Linux x86_64; rv:32.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/32.0 Iceweasel/32.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=_g2oNK9Mr4yppPb20esRKmw1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 MIME-Version: 1.0 This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_g2oNK9Mr4yppPb20esRKmw1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Stefan, On Mo 12 Jan 2015 11:41:34 CET, Stefan Baur wrote: > package: x2goclient > severity: wishlist > > Hi, this is actually a sub-bug of > http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D738. > > I am fling it as a separate bug because I believe this particular part > of Bug 738 can be resolved rather quickly. > > Currently, X2GoClient offers the free choice of X-Servers to be used > with it, but ships with VcXsrv as default and has some "sane" default > settings configured for it, too, so X2GoClient works out of the box. > Whoever wishes to deviate from that path, is, however, free to do so - > X2GoClient has an option to specify a custom X-Server of the user's > choice. > > I would like to take a similar approach for printing. > At present, no default PDF viewer is shipped with X2GoClient, and the > user has to fiddle with whichever PDF viewer they choose to get the > parameters right. > > SumatraPDF is a free (F/LOSS) PDF viewer that offers a portable > version, i.e. it is a single, self-contained executable that doesn't > require any installation. > > It also supports a wide range of command line parameters so it is > ideal for scripted background use (like "open PDF, print to default > printer, close application"). > > Quoting from http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/manual.html: > >> Printing related cmd-line arguments: -print-to-default $file.pdf >> prints a PDF file on a default printer -print-to $printer_name >> $file.pdf prints a PDF on a given printer -print-dialog $file.pdf >> opens a PDF file and shows a print dialog to select printer and >> printing options -exit-on-print when -print-to-default or -print-to >> is used, will > exit after printing > > So, basically, "-exit-on-print -print-to-default" is all we'd need for > basic functionality. > If we want to do "enumPrinters" within X2GoClient, > "-exit-on-print -print-to $printer" will also already work. > If we want to leave printer selection to SumatraPDF, "-print-dialog" > has to be used, and we'd probably have to submit a patch to the > SumatraPDF project that "-exit-on-print" be made to work with > "-print-dialog" as well, as the current description seems to indicate > that this is not the case. > > Thus, I would ask that some helpful soul steps up and please > a) includes SumatraPDF's standalone executable in the Windows > X2GoClient package > b) adds the proper code to X2GoClient so client-side printing defaults > to using SumatraPDF in the X2Go program directory unless the user has > created a custom configuration. > > The rationale for this bug is that adding this feature would increase > usability of X2GoClient just as shipping a default X-Server does. > > Portable version of SumatraPDF can be found here: > https://kjkpub.s3.amazonaws.com/sumatrapdf/rel/SumatraPDF-3.0.zip > Sources are here: > https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf This sounds like a good approach. As you noticed I am not so convinced=20= =20 about=20the new print concept proposal of yours, but having a PDF viewer=20= =20 that=20looks the same for every deployed Windows X2Go Client is indeed a=20= =20 means=20for increasing usability. +1 from my side Mike --=20 DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike=20gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.x= fb --=_g2oNK9Mr4yppPb20esRKmw1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: Digitale PGP-Signatur Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAABAgAGBQJUs7k4AAoJEJr0azAldxsxvVgQAKw0gcFEFKQjf8FkOEKEASrW G0fhkAQ94FF9We7wumhV9DUh3N3H0B361JhJPXXxeOJaV6P+y8lt0uMTuo6RgBrG BwFcnRl27EEKD5iwmLx7DLVNM5hl7sPpGGRm8jBvhCR1zlsufEagXpx6+rWM6epv 2FWgxGfPvMfDbaIfPgFJGc509/nZGogrTCs/lxALTLb1T6ObN3qXknGDCDuyWpfy NTW3lwwderSkGy5+b4khPcDcz4TiW5Mi84SlDvnkW/aB5TQ40+PKCQyS4y8QzHUp 0RnqKF6qGRdwwymsN+e7XJmZjzLbuo2AJjciZd8QEEiVSQHSFAuF6L17m1rpbZjS C48uMj4VPywVqkGE6ZY7HlzO95mpUjYqy7F9ueTX6nRlhhzdV17zHyaqcowb+bnz m2JRROSGbFiSqyP6DnZk35YATZMJ48L+sGzlC8arz+ojS9s8I8TdZlOLpE/W/ueT 2QagjNKV8gYD6FrWpAggXwLjDGhKH0+V1a+X3Vnr0cMQKqDXIUF90YuPhrtimynm IGryjBKgmDqpOkFCq/Gg9Lpa9QK5fEw/98eEhCRiTYeuA3+4S0IcjWkYP0UZIHEa 8nPDEb/k3iVY2eJqrvSZUXYixocPeX/RW1VfTQzkjJ/8rHY+XdpzUrul1fvVolkl epi2IENGbfKmsnN2t4Av =XHMo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_g2oNK9Mr4yppPb20esRKmw1--