On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Andy Ames <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am considering using a separate switch such as --supress-print-
> dialog, since kiosk mode and suppressing the print dialog are
> orthogonal features.
>

They don't seem orthogonal, since in kiosk mode it doesn't seem like you
would ever want to show a user a print dialog (or any other kind of system
configuration dialog).

2) The command-line switches for the printer and its print settings
> are prefixed with --print-settings. The printer name is specified with
> --print-settings-printer.


Ugh.  Prefer descriptive individual names over groupwise patterns.

It does seem a little odd to break from the norm where command-line
> switches are static and well-documented in the switches source files.
> I had to add a function to CommandLine in order to enumerate the
> switches and look for ones with a particular prefix (--print-
> settings). Thoughts?
>

Why not instead make these things that can be configured in the preferences,
which (being JSON) can be more descriptive without affecting the
command-line parsing code?

4) WISH: Instead of putting this massive list of switches on the
> command-line, using an about:config seems ideal. Has anyone started
> this?
>

See my comment above.

PK

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