gedit : margins on printed documents are too small

[Guillaume Pratte]

Binary package hint: gedit

In gedit 2.24.2 (Ubuntu 8.10), the margins of a printed document does not seems to be configurable. The left margin is very small - about 1 cm.

While such small margins maximizes the printable text on a page, the left margin is too small to punch holes in the sheet using a paper hole punch - holes are punched in the text.

See attached file, a print-out of the "Thin clients" Wikipedia page, copied from a Web browser and pasted in gedit for printing. Having configurable margins could enable the user to avoid such problems.

[Led Shark (24kin204-ubuntu)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Led Shark (24kin204-ubuntu)]

You can modify the margins using "custom size paper" ( in french "Gérer les tailles personnalisées" ) but I admit you should have this function with the A4 paper size.

[Elmer Turnipseed (elmerturnipseed)]

Full walkthrough:
File
Print
Page Setup
Paper-size
Manage Custom Sizes
Paper Margins
Top
Bottom
Left
Right
Close
Paper Size
Custom Size
Print
Have a cold beer

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue has been fixed upstream with https://git.gnome.org/browse/gedit/commit/?id=355cd2dd89e66efa1023310d66936eddfb55d58f

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gedit - 3.18.1-1ubuntu1

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gedit (3.18.1-1ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Newer upstream version and merge on Debian, includes those changes
    - code snippets plugin improvements (lp: #1335613)
    - implements a minimap widget (lp: #1302451)
    - don't close infobar after print preview is dismissed (lp: #929554)
    - some segfault fixes (lp: #928420)
    - save files even when backups can't be created (lp: #867923)
    - let you edit binary files (lp: #848253, #575500)
    - count underscores are part of a word (lp: #615506, #413360)
    - don't display warnings when saving after foccusing out (lp: #589906)
    - use correct printing margins (lp: #331077)
    - ctrl-T opens new tabs (lp: #301942)
    - hide print preview tooltips when moving the cursor (lp: #234711)
    - include word wrap option in the statusbar popover (lp: #118522)
  * debian/control.in:
    - don't Build-Depends on gnome-icon-theme-symbolic it's deprecated
    - gedit replaces gedit-common (<< 3.18.1-1ubuntu1)
    - updated the requirements
  * debian/patches/06_lp_401692.patch:
    - dropped, the change is included upstream now
  * debian/rules:
    - create compatiblity desktop file for upgraders
  * Remaining other changes
  * debian/rules:
    - Build without --Bsymbolic-functions to fix issues
  * debian/patches/0001-Use-the-OSX-menubar-layout-for-XFCE-Unity-etc.patch:
    - add traditional menubar (GNOME bug #741904)
  * debian/patches/02_add_keywords.patch:
    - Add new keywords for unity and gnome-shell
  * debian/patches/05_menu_label.patch:
    - Don't display in menu as "gedit Text Editor"
  * debian/patches/07_use_del_instead_ctrl_del.patch:
    - Use Delete, not Ctrl+Delete, to delete files in file browser
      side panel to match our Nautilus behavior (LP: #1163287)

  [ Lars Uebernickel ]
  * New upstream version (lp: #1339371)
  * debian/patches/01_gedit-bugreport-location.patch,
    debian/patches/02_add_keywords.patch,
    debian/patches/05_menu_label.patch:
    - update for new desktop file name
  * debian/patches/03_no_gnu_gettext.patch,
    debian/patches/06_lp_401692.patch,
    debian/patches/07_use_del_instead_ctrl_del.patch,
    debian/patches/08_multiarch_fallback.patch:
    - refresh
  * debian/patches/disable-warnings.patch:
    - dropped - should be fewer deprecation warnings now
  * debian/patches/00git_state_property_type.patch,
    debian/patches/fix_snippets_encoding.patch,
    debian/patches/fix_snippets_python34.patch,
    debian/patches/fix_snippet_warning.patch,
    debian/patches/git_encoding_combo.patch,
    debian/patches/git_filebrowser_toolbar.patch,
    debian/patches/git_get_start_sig.patch,
    debian/patches/git_save_run_tool_order.patch,
    debian/patches/git-search-hide-when-hitting-Esc.patch,
    debian/patches/git-search-use-new-GtkSearchEntry-signals.patch,
    debian/patches/git_select_mispelled_word.patch,
    debian/patches/git_Show-preview-text-in-the-font-chooser.patch,
    debian/patches/git_store_dialog.patch,
    debian/patches/git_wrap_labels.patch:
    - dropped - applied upstream
  * debian/patches/git_zeitgeist_crash.patch:
    - dropped - moved to ge...