desktop printing

[Colin Walters]

On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 20:31 +0100, tony wrote:

> When I get a file from a client or I need a hardcopy of a PDF file I am
> very sorry it is very convenient to say to the application (which opens
> any way) "please print this file". The application opens the file, sends
> it to the printer then quits.
> 
> Mac OS X does this. That other OS does it.

Can you be more precise?  What do you mean "say to the application"?
Right-click on the file?  Drag and drop the panel?  Double-click and
open the application for it?  Something else?

> Seeing how FC3 treats DVB and lirc as well as desktop printing it looks
> like I'll be doing an upgrade to FC1 with a hand rolled kernel and xorg
> built from source.

Um, that seems like a bit of an overreaction.