Re: [be] Printing fromBibledit

[Kim Blewett]

I have not seen this problem printing from Bibiedit in Ubuntu. But I am 
no longer using BE's Print function. I have started using the Export to 
Open Document format (Open Office or Libre Office), so I can tweak the 
format before I print. I am working on a OOo template that redefines the 
exported stylenames, and has two page size styles, etc.-- sort of a very 
basic Silas-type formatting aid for OOo.

This is very basic so far, but it turns out that at least a few of the 
formatting tasks that Silas-for-Windows must put into macros can be done 
in Open/Libre Office simply by "loading styles" from this template, 
including Page styles: Unlike MS Word, you can specify paper size and 
margins by attaching the template, and assigning page styles. You can 
even specify a sequence of pages at the start of a doc: Title 
Page--Verso--Contents--First Text page--Default Text page... These 
automatically attach themselves to the first five pages of a doc if you 
attach Title Page style to the first page of the doc.

Also, Frame styles can snap an inserted picture to a specific 
position/size on a page with a double-click. I'm quite pleased with what 
can be done, once I discovered how Styles work in OOo, very differently 
from Word styles. But I haven't had time to learn about macros at all yet...

If anyone is interested I can send you this template... and if you can 
improve it you'd help many translators, I think! I'm in the midst of 
something now; I may not get it sent for a few weeks yet, but if you 
reply to me I'll collect a list and send it as soon as I can.

Kim

On 11/13/2011 05:18 AM, Teus Benschop wrote:
> Hi!
> It gave it a couple times. Then it would work for a couple times. An
> on and off sort of thing. Any clues or suggestions? David
>
> Sorry, no clue at all. Apart from that it does this with me too, but 
> rarely,and not a couple of times. Looks like a bug in the underlying 
> libraries of gtk. Would it work better if bibledit-gtk is left in 
> peace while producing the page? I mean, not to switch to another 
> program while bibledit generates the page. That's the only thing I can 
> think of? I'd love to hear from others about this. Teus.