Re: Kate/kwrite printconfig defaults

Hi,

Am Mittwoch, 14. August 2019, 15:48:24 CEST schrieb JJM de Faber:
> On 14-08-19 15:39, Fabian Vogt wrote:
> > 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
> >
> Print dialog-properties-page-margins, is default 3.53 mm .

That's not hardcoded, that's from the printer's PPD, as Carlos wrote.
You can observe that by switching to a different printer, it has different
margins set.

Cheers,
Fabian


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