[Xprint] FW: Adding Xprint to LSB

[anderson at freestandards.org]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Julien Lafon wrote:

> > Added comment from Stuart:
> >
> > I think there is even a spec already in place. Still
> > need tests.
> >
> > There is some debate over wether it is really best practice or not.
> What does Stuart mean with `it' in this case?

'It' is refering to Xprint.

I was raising the question as to wether Xprint is really used as the de facto
printing model everywhere. I know a couple of things like Mozilla use it,
but I'm not sure if the majority of the desktop applications are using it
or not.

Ideally, what the LSB would like to adopt is the one de facto printing
model that is used by just about everything, wether that is Xprint or
not. First thing to do, is to decide if such a thing like this even
exists yet.

Xprint also has the characteristic that it is a part of the X Window
System, and as such could be brought into the Desktop module anyway.


                                Stuart

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