Re: Kate/kwrite printconfig defaults

Hi,

Am Mittwoch, 14. August 2019, 15:26:59 CEST schrieb JJM de Faber:
> 
> On 14-08-19 14:46, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, 2019-08-13 at 14:51 +0200, JJM de Faber wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> Right answer, regional settings was the right place to change inches
> >>>>> in mm.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am stil looking how to change the default for the margins.
> >> May be hard coded on the printer definition, system wide.
> >>
> >>> No, only kate and kwrite have this size fixed default margins.
> >>> If its hardcoded its in kate/kwrite.
> >>> Hardcoded default margins in a programmers tool ,I can't believe that.
> > Maybe I misunderstood the problem. I'm thinking rather of my experience
> > with tools like LibreOffice: I can change the margins but not beyond
> > what the printer itself defines.
> >
> > As you talk of 0.14 inches, that looks to me as a printer default. For a
> > programmer editor, the margin would be in chars, not inches.
> >
> > Could you say where exactly you see the margin size, in kate, for
> > instance? And what type of file are you editing (it sets the mode).
> >
> > Because I just edited a plain text file and I see no margin. However,
> > when going to print there is indeed a margin which is set in print
> > preview, page setup, and in my case it is 4.35 mm or 0.17" (and can not
> > be decreased). This is indeed a printer margin, what kate thinks is the
> > minimal margin of my printer.
> >
> > Looking at LO writer, it thinks the printer margin is 0.42 cm, which is
> > very similar to what Kate thinks, although it allows me to override (and
> > then the printer itself cuts when actually printing).
> >
> Wrong discussion, a simple ascii file has no formatting, I can set any 
> margin from 0 to whole page and the printer prints exactly as ordered.
> 
> I only want to change the useless default !!!

which margin are you talking about?
The one in the print dialog, "Layout" -> "Border", the one in the printer
properties dialog "Page" -> "Margins" or something else entirely?

Cheers,
Fabian


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