Fix for printouts without margins

Goffioul Michael goffioul at imec.be
Wed Jan 19 15:30:30 GMT 2005


> On Wednesday 19 January 2005 16:10, Goffioul Michael wrote:
> > Patch looks OK to me. 
> Thanks!
> 
> > One further step would be to add minimum 
> > values to MarginWidget and not let the user specify smaller
> > margins. Conceptually, this means:
> > 
> > 	m_margin->setDefaultMargins(QMAX(Qt,driver));
> > 	m_margin->setMinimumMargins(driver);
> 
> I could do that if you want, but then the user can't override 
> the PPD "strict 
> minimum" margins, in case, well, the PPD would be wrong.

It shouldn't :-)

> For a MSOffice analogy, when it tells you "warning, this will 
> be outside the 
> printable area" you have (IIRC) the option of saying "yeah I 
> know, shut up" 
> or "ok, revert". Whereas with a minimum value set in a 
> spinbox there is no 
> way to override what the computer thinks is best for you...

Then a simple warning, instead of a rigid forbidding. How you
handle this is limited to MarginWidget class.

Michael.


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