There are two IBActions for printing in a Mac app, “print:” and 
“printDocument:”. The Xcode project samples pick one of those actions to use 
based on if you requested a document-based app or not. But what are you 
supposed to do in a mixed-app, one with both NSDocument subclasses and 
printable non-document window systems? The menu item can point to only one 
action. Do I add a custom action that the menu item points to, and then 
implement that action in all my printable objects? (Those actions can redirect 
to “print(Document):” as needed.)

On a related note, what if I have a document class with multiple window types, 
and when I print I want to use the specific view of the current window? The 
document class’s print should probably be for total model coverage instead of a 
sub-view. I guess I can take my own advice from the first paragraph and do a 
custom print command. Now I have an interface question: what should I name the 
whole-model and specific window’s sub-view print actions? Should they be 
totally separate menu items, or with one hidden behind the Option key?

— 
Daryle Walker
Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie
darylew AT mac DOT com 

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