Debian Bug report logs - #374192
gnumeric: printing doesn't take advantage room on rotated printout

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Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Helge Hafting <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: gnumeric: printing doesn't take advantage room on rotated printout

Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:52:57 +0200

Package: gnumeric
Version: 1.6.3-2
Severity: normal


I tried to print a small spreadsheet, which I hoped to fit
on one page.  There weren't room for the rightmost column though,
so it appeared on a page of its own.  No surprise, as I
printed it in portrait orientation on A4 paper.


So I tried turning the paper feed orientation by 90 degrees.

The preview then shows my spreadsheet rotated the way I want it,
on the A4-like paper in the preview.  But silly enough, that column
is _still_ on a page of its own, even though there now is room for it.
Very strange, unless rotated printing is unsupported.
Actually printing this gives a unrotated printout, so I guess
rotated printing isn't supported?


I tried changing the page orientation as well as the paper feeding
orientation. This gave me a correct preview, at least.
Pressing "print" in this preview dialog doesn't print,
it brings up a printer select dialog, where I choose "epsonR800"
instead of the default "generic postcript" and "Create a PDF document".
Unfortunately, changing printer resets my choice of orientation!

Stupid, now I have to change exactly the same stuff again!

Now, I understand that changing printer might need a change
in formjat, the other printer *might* support different paper only.
But then, the choice of printer should happen before the
choice of orientation and format!

There is absolutely no use in carefully setting up the print job
only to get every choice set back to whatever is default on the
other printer.  I hope you consider reordering (and simplifying)
the dialogs so printer selection necessarily happens before
format selection?  


Well, I changed the selections again, and got a good preview
on the monitor, with correct printer selected. Paper feeding
and page orientation were both rotated, in order to get a
nice-looking preview.  It printed upright anyway though.
Well, this printer really only support portrait-oriented A4,
bu the previews look like shit without rotated feeding, with
most of the print outside the edge of the paper. :-(


Ok, so I thought: lets try with correct settings, so I set it
to non-rotated feeding, and landscape page orientation.
Now the preview looks exactly like my shitty previous printout,
that is, a landscape oriented page printed in portrait orientation
so that the right edge is cut off.  Headers and footers are
placed wrong for a portrait page, correct for a landscape page.
This looks stupid when it in fact previews in portrait orientation.

Printing this preview mess gave me exactly the same mess
on paper too.  Changing page orientation to landscape
clearly cause the print data to be laid out for A4 landscape,
but it prints in portrait mode anyway. Both on printer and on
the preview. :-( 

If the lanscape option isn't supported yet, please consider 
graying it out until it makes a difference.

Changing the paper feeding orientation has effect on the preview,
an no effect whatsoever on the printer.  The option really shouldn't
be offered when the printer doesn't support it.  Assuming
this is possible to detect, of course.


So I tried printing to a pdf file.  Rotation still did not work,
no matter how I combined the two rotation options. (Rotated paper
feeding, or landscape, or both).  I finally printed straight up
to a paper with a custom size. My custom paper had
the same height as the width of an A4 paper, and the same width as
the height of A4 paper.  This pdf file printed correctly.

Getting a correct landscape print is possibly, but only
by jumping through hoops.  

Helge Hafting



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-rc6-mm2
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnumeric depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.1              Debian configuration management sy
ii  gconf2                2.14.0-1           GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnumeric-common       1.6.3-2            common files for Gnumeric, the GNO
ii  gsfonts               8.14+v8.11+urw-0.2 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpre
ii  libart-2.0-2          2.3.17-1           Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0           1.11.4-2           The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0          2.14.0-1           Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0        2.14.0-2           The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                 2.3.6-15           GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2             1.0.4-2            The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1        2.3.2-7            generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4           2.14.0-1           GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0           1:2.5.1-2+b1       library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0          2.10.3-1           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0     0.4.9-1            GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0           2.14.1-2           The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0     2.14.0-2           A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0    2.12.1-3           The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0  2.12.1-3           GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0          2.14.1-1           The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0        2.14.2-1           GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgoffice-1-2        0.2.1-3            Document centric objects library -
ii  libgsf-1-114          1.14.1-1           Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgsf-gnome-1-114    1.14.1-1           Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgtk2.0-0           2.8.18-1           The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6               1:1.0.0-3          X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2             1:2.14.0-1         libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0         1.12.3-1           Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0              1.10-2             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                1:1.0.0-4          X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6              2:1.0.0-6          X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1           1.1.5.2-5          X cursor management library
ii  libxext6              1:1.0.0-4          X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3            1:3.0.1.2-4        X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                1:1.0.0-5          X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1          1:1.0.1-4          X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2               2.6.26.dfsg-1      GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2            2:1.1.0.2-4        X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1           1:0.9.0.2-4        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3-11         compression library - runtime

gnumeric recommends no packages.

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Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Arthur Marsh <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: gnumeric: can't figure out landscape printing either

Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:32:05 +0930

Package: gnumeric
Version: 1.6.3-2
Followup-For: Bug #374192


I'm running sid with CUPS, KDE and a local printer (Canon BJC-3000) and 
can't figure out landscape printing under gnumeric either. 
OpenOffice.org Calc seems to have it working alright though.

Please provide a URL to a worked example of *easy* landscape printing 
with gnumeric. (-:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnumeric depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.2              Debian configuration management sy
ii  gconf2                2.14.0-1           GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnumeric-common       1.6.3-2            common files for Gnumeric, the GNO
ii  gsfonts               8.14+v8.11+urw-0.2 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpre
ii  libart-2.0-2          2.3.17-1           Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0           1.11.4-2           The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0          2.14.0-1           Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0        2.14.0-3           The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                 2.3.6-15           GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2             1.0.4-2            The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1        2.3.2-7            generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4           2.14.0-1           GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0           1:2.5.1-2          library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0          2.10.3-2           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0     0.4.9-1            GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0           2.14.1-2           The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0     2.14.0-2           A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0    2.12.1-5           The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0  2.12.1-4           GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0          2.14.1-2           The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0        2.14.2-1           GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgoffice-1-2        0.2.1-4            Document centric objects library -
ii  libgsf-1-114          1.14.1-2           Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgsf-gnome-1-114    1.14.1-2           Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgtk2.0-0           2.8.18-1           The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6               1:1.0.0-3          X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2             1:2.14.0-2         libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0         1.12.3-1           Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0              1.10-2             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                1:1.0.0-4          X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6              2:1.0.0-6          X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1           1.1.5.2-5          X cursor management library
ii  libxext6              1:1.0.0-4          X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3            1:3.0.1.2-4        X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                1:1.0.0-5          X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1          1:1.0.1-4          X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2               2.6.26.dfsg-1      GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2            2:1.1.0.2-4        X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1           1:0.9.0.2-4        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3-12         compression library - runtime

gnumeric recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  gnumeric/existing-process: false

Message #17 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: [email protected] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))

To: [email protected]

Subject: Bug#374192: fixed in gnumeric 1.7.13-1

Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:47:08 +0000

Source: gnumeric
Source-Version: 1.7.13-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gnumeric, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

gnumeric-common_1.7.13-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-common_1.7.13-1_all.deb
gnumeric-doc_1.7.13-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-doc_1.7.13-1_all.deb
gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.7.13-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.7.13-1_i386.deb
gnumeric_1.7.13-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.7.13-1.diff.gz
gnumeric_1.7.13-1.dsc
  to pool/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.7.13-1.dsc
gnumeric_1.7.13-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.7.13-1_i386.deb
gnumeric_1.7.13.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.7.13.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <[email protected]> (supplier of updated gnumeric package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing [email protected])


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Format: 1.7
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:54:09 +0200
Source: gnumeric
Binary: gnumeric-doc gnumeric-common gnumeric gnumeric-plugins-extra
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 1.7.13-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <[email protected]>
Changed-By: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <[email protected]>
Description: 
 gnumeric   - GNOME spreadsheet application
 gnumeric-common - common files for Gnumeric, the GNOME spreadsheet application
 gnumeric-doc - documentation for Gnumeric, the GNOME spreadsheet application
 gnumeric-plugins-extra - additional plugins for the GNOME spreadsheet
Closes: 238944 242528 284720 286117 286523 305399 336011 341262 374192 392670 396674 405385 406019 408068 441672
Changes: 
 gnumeric (1.7.13-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release.
   * Upload to unstable. The 1.6.x series is no longer being developed and
     upstream consensus is that 1.7.x is now more stable than 1.6.x.
     * Close bugs already marked as fixed in experimental or fixed upstream.
       (Closes: #238944, #242528, #341262, #408068)
     * Close bugs relating to components which have undergone near complete
       overhaul (printing, charts).
       (Closes: #284720, #286117, #286523, #336011, #374192, #392670, #396674, #405385, #406019)
   * Fixed upstream:
     * Title elements in charts are preserved when exporting as .xls and
       re-importing. (Closes: #305399)
   * [debian/control]
     * Bumped goffice build dependency per configure.in .
     * Added XS-Vcs-Svn, XS-Vcs-Browser.
   * [debian/po/sk.po] Added Slovak translation courtesy of Ivan Masár
     <[email protected]>. (Closes: #441672).
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