Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS -- DCOP Q now

2007-11-28 Thread felix
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:06:25PM +0100, YoYo Siska wrote: > emerge -av x11-misc/xautomation > xte --help This could be useful. I have downloaded the firefox sources and am carwling thru, trying to see how much trouble a customized --print option would be. It is sleep inducing :-) --

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS -- DCOP Q now

2007-11-28 Thread Ricardo Saffi Marques
If you use KDE, you can right click the Title Bar and go to Application Specific Settings (or something like that. I'm on a Mac now :-) ) and configure the windows to always open at the center, for instance. That helps on the "finding the right coordinates to click might not be easy" issue. =) On

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS -- DCOP Q now

2007-11-28 Thread YoYo Siska
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:07:10PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:53:10 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> These web pages use Javascript; some render so-so without javascript, >>> some don't render at all well. What I would like is some firefo

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS -- DCOP Q now

2007-11-28 Thread felix
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 05:18:03PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:37:16 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 1. The 'print' DCOP command pops up the print menu and requires at > > least one click. I can set the print type (to PDF file) and the > > default file name

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS -- DCOP Q now

2007-11-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:37:16 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. The 'print' DCOP command pops up the print menu and requires at > least one click. I can set the print type (to PDF file) and the > default file name ahead of time, but I still have to click on > "Print". Browsing kdc

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS -- DCOP Q now

2007-11-28 Thread felix
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:07:10PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:53:10 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > These web pages use Javascript; some render so-so without javascript, > > some don't render at all well. What I would like is some firefox (or > > Konqueror or ...)

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS

2007-11-28 Thread felix
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:14:33AM +0100, Ralf Stephan wrote: > You wrote > > I need to convert web pages to PDF files under program control, > > * app-text/htmldoc [N 1.8.27] > "Convert HTML pages into a PDF document" > -fltk ssl I tried, but it has too many deficiencies, and doesn't s

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS

2007-11-28 Thread Ralf Stephan
You wrote > I need to convert web pages to PDF files under program control, * app-text/htmldoc [N 1.8.27] "Convert HTML pages into a PDF document" -fltk ssl Use flags: * fltk: Adds support for the Fast Light Toolkit gui interface * ssl:

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS

2007-11-27 Thread felix
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 02:14:50PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can you expand on that? What are DCOP commands and how would I sent > them to Konqueror? Is this easy enough with, say, Perl? Never mind, google is my friend. This looks like it might do th etrick. I have to find some way of

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS

2007-11-27 Thread felix
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:07:10PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:53:10 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > These web pages use Javascript; some render so-so without javascript, > > some don't render at all well. What I would like is some firefox (or > > Konqueror or ...)

[gentoo-user] Converting HTML to PDF or PS

2007-11-27 Thread felix
I need to convert web pages to PDF files under program control, perhaps from cron, perhaps a backgrounded batch job. An X window enviornment could probably be set up, but I'd prefer not going thru that hassle. Point and click manual intervention just won't do. These web pages use Javascript; some