On Oct 22, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Ajay Garg <ajaygargn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > a) > Can the dialog, that asks for the printer-to-be-used, be avoided too? > (Because I just wish to export to PDF, nothing else). As an example filename = './ultimafactura.pdf' po.set_export_filename(filename) action = gtk.PRINT_OPERATION_ACTION_EXPORT response = po.run(action) where 'po' is the print Operation, you need to set the action gtk.PRINT_OPERATION_ACTION_EXPORT and set your filename, then just run the print operation, since it is not gtk.PRINT_OPERATION_ACTION_PRINT_DIALOG it will not show the dialog, and it is not gtk.PRINT_OPERATION_ACTION_PRINT either it will not send the print to the selected printer (in case you selected a printer). > > > b) > I understand that the page would need to be "drawn" in memory, if we were to > export an image. > However, is that required for a text-document too? Yes, you have to draw, this is the hard part when printing, You can just populate your cairo surface but if you want to have a pretty formatted text you'll need to draw it. Please note, you are not exactly drawing in the same sense than drawing a circle or a rectangle, you'll need to use pango to create the text forms and attach them to the Cairo surface > > c) > Also, I am still a bit unclear on the backend code. > You mean to say that "only" GTK has the backend code, and Cairo/Pango are > just to handle the drawing part? * Gtk is the one that gives you the print operation, also, responsible for the events and all that stuff. * Cairo is the one in charge to draw, it gives you canvas, context and other stuff to "draw" * Pango handle pretty text, also, is the interface for your text to be handled by Cairo. Marco Antonio Islas Cruz mar...@islascruz.org marco.is...@gmail.com <-- linux because I'm free -->
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