Hi GF, I don't feel this is a feature request or an enhancement. To me, it really is more of a bug or defect. The current behavior of the print-to- PDF functionality is unexpected for the user as it deviates from printing-to-printer and has no beneficial side effect. (i.e. there is no scenario, that I can see, that would benefit from current behavior over the, well, 'correct' behavior).
I suspect fixing this issue might not be all that difficult, I can imagine that the code does something like this: FOR EACH SELECTED MESSAGE OPEN PRINTING DEVICE OR FILE PRINT MESSAGE CLOSE PRINTING DEVICE OR FILE END This works well for actual printers, and would explain the current behavior with printing to PDF. It might be fixed by rewriting it too something like this: OPEN PRINTING DEVICE OR FILE FOR EACH SELECTED MESSAGE PRINT MESSAGE END CLOSE PRINTING DEVICE OR FILE Mind, this is a very high level description, and without looking at the actual code it remains to be seen if this is the root cause. However, I do think it is something like this. Thanks again for your willingness to help with fixing this issue! Regards, Orin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509665 Title: Printing multiple messages to file, gets overwritten Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird When printing multiple messages (in one go) to a file, only the last message ends up in the file. Apparently the file gets overwritten for each message. I expected the file to contain all messages. To reproduce: 1. Select multiple messages. 2. File -> Print... , select Print To File. Printer "PostScript/default". Enter filename and click Print. 3. View generated PostScript file (in Evince, for example) to see it only contains the last message. This on Ubuntu 9.10, Thunderbird version 2.0.0.23 (20090817). ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Jan 19 15:36:58 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: mozilla-thunderbird (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-genUser Name SourcePackage: thunderbird Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686 --- AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.9 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: eric 2196 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20180522092515 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-04 (391 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) IpRoute: default via 192.168.178.1 dev wlp14s0 proto static metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp14s0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.178.0/24 dev wlp14s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.178.27 metric 600 Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Package: thunderbird 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 PrefSources: prefs.js ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-45.50-generic 4.13.16 Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=52.8.0/20180522092515 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False Tags: artful wayland-session Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Uname: Linux 4.13.0-45-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-01-06 (175 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 11/13/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. dmi.bios.version: V2.13 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: VA70_HC dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV2.13:bd11/13/2012:svnAcer:pnAspireV3-771:pvrV2.13:rvnAcer:rnVA70_HC:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: Type1Family dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-771 dmi.product.version: V2.13 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/509665/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
