On Monday 04 June 2012 20:02:23 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Montag, 4. Juni 2012, 19:54:03 schrieb C. Boemann: > > On Monday 04 June 2012 19:45:36 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > > > Am Montag, 4. Juni 2012, 19:39:06 schrieb Friedrich W. H. Kossebau: > > > > is anyone currently working on working support for setting the page > > > > background, master page and drawing page? > > > > > > > > I would like to be able to control how the page looks like. The > > > > Background tool does not really work for me on the page (and > > > > elsewhere, hm...), though I can set a background by the tool's > > > > config widget. How should I use that tool? Or is it broken? > > > > > > Sent before re-reading, should have been: > > > > > > is anyone currently working on working support for setting the page > > > background, both for master pages and for drawing pages? > > > > > > I would like to be able to control how the page looks like. The > > > Background tool does not really work for me on the page (and > > > elsewhere, hm...), though > > > I can set a background image by the tool's config widget, but not a > > > color or even a gradient. How should I use that tool? Or is it broken? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > calligra-devel mailing list > > > calligra-devel@kde.org > > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel > > > > Are you talking stage? the background tool is not accessible in Words at > > least > > > > The pagetool in Words is currently being developed by a SoK student, and > > the ui will change a lot, so please don't work on the pagetool. > > Okay, so will ignore Words for now. But same problem with > Karbon/Stage/Flow. In Karbon I can at least set the canvas color. But > that's it. > > Will the pagetool be reused outside of Words? No, it's tied to Words structures
> > You can work on the rendering/loading/saving part of it though > > Mh, less interesting if there is no UI to control it :) Well it could come later but I understand > > So what about the other question, might have been ignored due to my double > posting, but even more interesting to me, so repasting here: > > Then I wonder if it possible to control if the background should be printed > or not. The attribute "style:print-content" seems not applyable, did I see > correctly? Or is the page background never printed anyway? > > I have a certain use-case in mind: > I want to print with black color on a given sheet of paper, either a pre- > printed formular or just some coloured paper. And I want to see already on > the screen how the print-out will look like on the printed paper. I.e. the > background should look like the paper/sheet, but just for display, when > printing just the stuff I added should be turned into burned toner/dried > ink. > > If there is no such attribute, I want to propose that we at least create > one within Calligra (and work on getting this in the spec). > I don't know if there is such attribute. At least the background should be printed. What You seem to be seeking is a way to specify the color of the paper you are working on. Sorry for not being of much help there _______________________________________________ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
