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Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF
Date 2015-08-29 09:35 +0000
Organization ok by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand
Message-ID <adfnmvj83.adjf@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <D2066A80.59171%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <famvnjc83.asdjf@rooftop.invalid> <D2067AEB.59188%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <adfnmv80.a3r@rooftop.invalid> <D2069D87.591A3%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>

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Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 8/28/15, 10:49 PM, in article adfnmv80.a3r@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On 8/28/15, 7:56 PM, in article famvnjc83.asdjf@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> ...
>>>>>> The pdf tools on linux can do all of that.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> I would love to see you view a webpage with your main browser and send it
>>>>> to your Recipes folder.
>>>> 
>>>> How does a menu option appear in a browser's menu tree if it was not coded
>>>> to have that option by the developer?
>> 
>>> Because it is built into the standard print dialog.
>> 
>> These things you have brought up with regard to "PDF Services" have nothing
>> to do with printing, so why are you trying to steer the discussion to
>> system print dialogs?
>>  
> I am speaking of the PDF Services menu and the features it offers. If you
> think Linux has an alternate way to do this, though, there is no reason it
> would have to be in a print dialog to create a comparable work flow.

> Maybe there could be a separate dialog called "PDF Services" in the File
> menu... or whatever. I speak of the print dialog because in the one
> operating system which has this feature as a pretty much universal feature
> this is where it is!

> It comes down to this: Linux has no such feature... no way of handling such
> use cases. As I have said, this is not the end of the world or a horrible
> thing... neither does Linux and older Mac OSs did not either. It is a nice
> short cut and a convenience. It helps with productivity, efficiency, and
> error-reduction but other work flows can allow the same thing to be done in
> a somewhat less streamlined way.

I got your streamlined right here.
https://vid.me/2SuL

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Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-28 18:05 -0700
  Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-08-29 02:32 +0000
    Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-28 19:44 -0700
      Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-08-29 02:56 +0000
        Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-28 20:54 -0700
          Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-08-29 05:49 +0000
            Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-28 23:21 -0700
              Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-28 23:28 -0700
              Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-08-29 09:35 +0000
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-08-29 11:52 +0200
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-29 12:09 -0700
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-08-29 13:43 -0600
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-29 13:08 -0700
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-29 11:58 -0700
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-08-29 19:24 +0000
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-29 12:52 -0700
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-08-29 20:02 +0000
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-08-29 20:33 +0000
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-29 13:56 -0700
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-08-29 22:04 +0000
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-29 15:22 -0700
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-08-29 23:10 +0000
                Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-08-29 23:23 +0000

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