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Re: Ping Owl: Your preview PDF

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On 8/29/15, 2:35 AM, in article adfnmvj83.adjf@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

> 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

So you are viewing a recipe in your browser... you go to your file manager
and right click and select an option.

What? And how would that work in full screen (no file browser or panels even
showing?)

Is that option always there? And how many options would you need to add to
your file manager to do what I show in my video... things I have for actual
use? 

<https://youtu.be/uN5eoL00kuk>


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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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