PhotoPrint

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Oliver Grawert wrote:
>Am Donnerstag, dem 27.04.2023 um 22:22 -0400 schrieb Little Girl:

>> (just like there's a reason why PhotoPrint, from this thread, is
>> no longer available)

>the reason is the complete dropping of the unmaintained and
>unsupported gtk2 libs from the archive ...

Ah, okay.

>in case of gtk2 apps ralf is actually correct, we do not have a
>content snap/snap extension for these (unlike gtk3/gnome/Qt) so you
>would actually need to bundle the libs in the snap (gtk2 is rather
>special here) which you normally do not do anymore due to the
>extension system snaps provide for all other toolkits. it makes the
>packaging a tad more complex...

That one may need to be left behind.

>> Neither of us would benefit by the programs being completely
>> isolated, but I get the impression they wouldn't be.

>to achieve system access there are various interfaces, i.e. a
>photoprint snap would untilize the "cups-control" interface that
>gives you access to a local or remote cups daemon and to the various
>lp/lprng tools. to use a browser snaps usually utilize xdg-open,
>which is not the same as calling /usr/bin/firefox in a hardcoded
>way, but will open html pages in the defined default browser of your
>desktop environment instead. 

Good to know. I'll give this a whirl, but not with PhotoPrint.

-- 
Little Girl

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