[open-beos-printing] Re: Number of Copies Problem

Hi all,

[Sorry for being silent all this week-end]

> >>>Personally I prefer that we pick option 1 as "printing" other 
copies 
> >of 
> >>>a file take more time then just copying the file using the 
Tracker...
> >>
> >>Yes please either remove it or leave it as it is now. 
> >
> >I have removed it. I think it makes the interface *much* clearer 
that 
> >having copies. If everyone is ok with this I will commit, but only 
> >until everyone agrees...
> 
> Agreed. I will only apply the announced patch if we leave the
> number of copies field in. Philippe, it's your turn ;-)
> 
> - Michael

Well, problem here is we can't really be sure what transport we're 
using: it can perfectly be a PDF-aware printer on a parallel port!
Second problem, and far harder, we can't ask Print To File transport to 
open a second file without opening again his BFilePanel.
And there is no way to know which filepath we're *printing* to (to open 
another files based on the first one name + #<n>, as suggested by 
Simon).

Last but not least, most of the time it will be using Print To File, I 
would bet. And copying file is far speeder and efficient, that's 
right...
So, I would say let's remove this "copies" support in PDF Writer, it 
don't worth the pain.
If we got some feedback about real PDF printers owner missing this 
feature, we'll look at it again then...

Remove it, it's even less code to maintain :-)

-Philippe


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