Print Support Manual: Difference between revisions
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====Introduction==== | ====Introduction==== | ||
:Printing had been one of the "to be taken as granted" features that Sugar lacked. And only after getting a working model done has it been a realisation to me why it had been abandoned. A lot of [re]engineering, brain-storming, design constraints, and factors such as dependencies and inclusion of concepts beyond any direct correlation with Printing, plus fighting with additional languages such as C,C++ and php had been a great overhead on me. So the outcome is definitely a bit clunky ( what I feel), but anyway | :Printing had been one of the "to be taken as granted" features that Sugar lacked. And only after getting a working model done has it been a realisation to me why it had been abandoned. A lot of [re]engineering, brain-storming, design constraints, and factors such as dependencies and inclusion of concepts beyond any direct correlation with Printing, plus fighting with additional languages such as C,C++ and php had been a great overhead on me. So the outcome is definitely a bit clunky ( what I feel), but anyway, I will be sticking with the project and Sugar and will definitely make it more concrete. | ||
====Features==== | ====Features==== | ||
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'''Instructions:''' | '''Instructions:''' | ||
:1) Install the XO bundle to your activities folder. The dependencies will require you be as root. | :1) Install the XO bundle to your activities folder. The dependencies will require you be as root. | ||
:2) Download the PrintDeviceIcon from here: and place it in your sugar data folder, also note that you must have a copy of printscript.py in it. | :2) Download the PrintDeviceIcon from here:[http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/read/repos/print [X]] and place it in your sugar data folder, also note that you must have a copy of printscript.py in it. | ||
:3) Download the following filter pack: | :3) Download the following filter pack: | ||
:4) untar it using : tar xvfz odftops.tar.gz | :4) untar it using : tar xvfz odftops.tar.gz | ||