[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 117040] superfluous KJobViewer startup notification when printing to file

[Michael Goffioul]

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------- Additional Comments From kdeprint_bugs swing be  2005-11-25 09:33 -------
The fact that the KJobViewer does not appear is normal: it is always started iconized to not perturb the user with a popping window. Normally, there is a small delay between the start of the kjobviewer process and the appearance of the icon, such that if the print process if quickly finished, the icon does not appear at all.

Now the fact that the job viewer is also started for pseudo-printers (print to file, print to PDF...) has been intentionnally added to show to the user a visual sign that something is happening, in case of lengthy underlying process. The typical use case is a conversion to PDF of a large file (or with large images). Users complained there was no visual feedback on the print process. Note that even when using pseudo-printers, the job viewer makes sense because it allows the user to kill the underlying process associated with that printer (as you would kill a regular print process).

Maybe some adaptation is required (making the systray delay longer to avoid showing the icon for fast processes), but I would definitely not remove the start of kjobviewer when printing to pseudo-printers.

Michael.