evince print dialog doesn't make it clear how to do a page range

[Scott Ritchie]

Binary package hint: evince

When I print a pdf in evince, but only want to print a couple of pages in the middle, the way to do this is with the "Range" option in the print dialog.

However, this is just a text field. The correct thing to enter here is something like 12:14 for pages 12 to 14, but there is no text explaining this.

What's needed is two text fields, labeled start page and end page (with defaults 1 and the number of pages in the document, respectively).

evince version 2.22.2-0ubuntu1 in Ubuntu Hardy.

[Ronan Jouchet (ronj)]

Hello,

I don't think it's a good idea to replace this text field by one, because it removes the possibility to print several ranges at once, separated by commas.
Example:
1-3,87-88 will print pages 1,2,3 and 87,88
That's a feature I actually use a _lot_.

What we need here is a descriptive textbox above the current textfield giving an example. Like "1-3,87-88 will print pages 1,2,3 and 87,88".

And BTW, I'm not sure this bug should be linked to evince. Isn't the print dialog a shared GNOME component? Does somebody know where it's from?

Thanks!

[Michael Budde (mbudde)]

I agree with Ronan, the range field should not be replaced with two fields.

About the description: you get an example of how to fill the field if you hover the "Range" text. It would be nice if the description also showed when hovering the field.

[Ronan Jouchet (ronj)]

Marked as affecting libgnomeui, and filed / linked to upstream bug:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555184

[Thomas Tonino (ttonino)]

I would suggest to show the printed range when the other radio buttons are selected in the greyed out box. This allows the user to see at a glance how to fill out this field.

It has the added conveniece of showing the number of pages. Maybe it is helpful to keep this as default input when the user selects 'Range'. The same would apply to selecting 'current' - the user would see the number of the current page in the box.