Bug 136735

Summary: [KDE4] Make "Additional Tags" more user-friendly
Product: [Unmaintained] kdeprint Reporter: Ashwini <ashredsjsu>
Component: generalAssignee: KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist <kde-print-devel>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: wishlist CC: jlayt
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Ashwini 2006-11-02 22:03:26 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
OS:                Linux

When a value is entered for the 'Name' field  and the 'Value' field in the first row of the table and without getting into the next row if  'Print'  is selected the value entered in the 'Value' field is not populated in the argument list when the cups error-log is checked for the command line arguments. 

e.g. If the string “user” is entered for the 'Name' field and “10” entered for the 'Value' field and without getting into the next row if 'Print' is selected the cups error-log shows the following arguments.

 StartJob: argv = "Printer","90","guest","printers.html","1","user= multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies","/var/spool/cups/d00090-001"

This will eventually cause a problem when you enter 10 entries for the 'Name-Value' pair in the table on the 'Additional Tags'  page and select 'Print' the last value in the 'Value' field will not be populated into the argument list.
Comment 1 Kurt Pfeifle 2007-01-09 17:30:40 UTC 
Yes, it's a known issue that this part of the interface is a little bit balky and mulish.

It also doesn't remember the values, and doesn't provide a means to "Save values".

However, you *can* use all 10 entry lines. Once you entered the last value, just click on one of the 9 lines above the 10th before you hit "Print".

I'm afraid, this won't be fixed during the KDE 3.5.x timeline.

Hopefully, for KDE4 we will have something better for this purpose.
Comment 2 Kurt Pfeifle 2007-01-09 17:32:57 UTC 
*** Bug 136738 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Kurt Pfeifle 2007-01-10 21:15:05 UTC 
Changing $summary, setting as KDE4 wishlist...


(previous $summary: "The values from the 'Name-Value' field of the 'Additional Tags'  page are not populated on print command")
Comment 4 John Layt 2011-05-27 18:24:04 UTC 
KDEPrint is obsolete, unmaintained and will never be revived.  Closing all open bugs.