Could it be??!!
I've just upgraded the clean install of 10.04 that I ran the tests on (above)
to 10.10 and the problem seems to have been resolved.
The page set-up option is gone from the 'Image' menu of EOG and the Page Setup
tab works!
Also, checked Gedit and it is OK.
Can anyone else
Confirm that Firefox (3.6.10) still has the Page setup option in the
file menu AND the page setup tab works too!
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Print Dialog does not allow editing of page parameters
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428817
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Still an issue - Lucid (10.04) - Possible Duplicate of Bug #269687?
To summarise this long standing bug; users cannot adjust the page
settings using the 'page set-up' tab in the print dialogue. (Apparently
of applications using gtk print.) To recreate the bug, go to the page
set-up tab in the
I've just run a clean install of 10.04 to test this again and you are
correct, GEdit does allow the page setup tab to be used. However, tried
with Eye of Gnome and the problem still exists.
When viewing the page-setup tab in GEdit to an HP Laserjet 1200:
Layout:
- Two-sided:
To summarise this long standing bug; users cannot adjust the page settings
using the 'page set-up' tab in the print dialogue. (Apparently of applications
using gtk print.) To recreate the bug, go to the page set-up tab in the print
dialogue of any of the following programs:
Eye of Gnome Image
With regards to this comment: Surely it's now time to get this fixed or
just remove the tab so that it can't confuse users any longer?
I'm mistaken; it's in the right place so please don't remove it, just
allow users to use it!
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Page Size greyed out in gtkprint applications.
