Kai Ponte wrote:
On Monday 08 September 2008 07:24:38 pm David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
The FF3 print to file dialog on Linux does not allow you to select and edit an existing filename (.pdf or .ps) before saving a new document. If the new FF3 print to file dialog is as annoying to you as it is to me, please go vote for a fix. A bug report has been filed:
Sure it does.
You get a print-to-file dialog along with a choice to print to ps or pdf and the filename/folder.
I'd say for once the GTK file/print dialog is mostly harmless.
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No, No Kai, You missed my point: The FF3 print to file dialog on Linux does not allow you to select and edit an **existing filename**. A snippet from the bug should help: In FF2, we were presented with a normal save dialog that easily allowed selecting the directory, selecting a filename to place it in the filename edit field, changing a character or two and saving normally. Now in FF3, the effort is doubled. The new cryptic dialog requires first navigating the "Save in folder" directory listbox that has no ability to add a 'shortcut' for frequently used directories, then after choosing "Other" you are presented with a somewhat normal file dialog to navigate to the desired directory only to find that there is no way to **select a file**. Then after choosing "Open" to select the directory, you are returned to the print dialog to enter a new filename in a completely separate filename textbox and no ability to pre-fill that textbox with an existing filename. _That's nuts._ If I have already printed: Case-2008_cv_00318-Dailey-Vs-Caterpillar_Motion-SummaryJudgment_Exhibit-A.pdf and next need to print Exhibit-B.pdf, I should be able to click print, and in the process select the filename for Exhibit-A and then simply change A-to-B to save the new file without having to (1) remember and (2) retype the entire filename again. Instead, now after navigating the directory dialog, you get to try and remember "was that filename?: " Case-2008-cv-00316_Dailey-Vs-Caterpillar-Motion_SummaryJudgment_Exhibit-B.pdf or was it: Case-2008_cv_00318-Dailey-Vs-Caterpillar_Motion-SummaryJudgment_Exhibit-B.pdf The ability to pre-fill the file name box with something useful does not exist in FF3. That was my point;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org