[Xprint] Re: Bug#317149: Please change output directory back to $HOME/cups-pdf/

[Drew Parsons]

On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 20:59 +0300, Martin-Eric Racine wrote:
> >
> > I'd just like to say I think the old default of $HOME/cups-pdf/ is
> > better than $HOME/ because it means the output goes somewhere expected
> > and _isolated_ from your other files. This is especially helpful when
> > Windows is sending printjobs through with all kinds of unexpected
> > filenames, and it's therefore much more unlikely to accidentally
> > overwrite an unrelated file.
> >

> The advantage is that documents get sent straight to a familiar folder, 
> instead of a fuzzy-named cups-pdf; users won't necessarily associate the 
> name of the back-end with the ability to print documents out or to the 
> similarily-named subdirectory sitting in their home-directory.
> 
> In fairness, I think that CUPS-PDF and Xprint (or any PDF backend) should 
> output to a common directory, which could be e.g. ~/Printouts or something 
> similar. Then again, this would require teaching users where to find the 
> PDF documentss which, by definition, is a bad idea; anything that is not 
> self-evident from a layman user's point of view is simply not acceptable.
> 

Xprint currently prints to ~/Xprintjobs (if you use the built-in
PDF-file or PS-file printer).

I'm happy enough to rename it.  ~/cups-pdf wouldn't make sense - Xprint
is not CUPS (and does ps as well as pdf).

I might suggest ~/Printing rather than ~/Printouts, it sounds better to
my ears at least.

Drew