User Interface Specification:
Print to HTML
Author: Christopher Le
Dantec
Last Updated:
November 12, 2003
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Revision: 1.5
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Introduction
This feature adds the ability to print any file in the editor to an html file.
The html file location is specified by the user. Coloring and other
font attributes are preserved by the print action -the user cannot change
or override the coloring for Print to HTML. The action is provided by the editor
and will be available for any type of file viewed in the editor.
System-Wide UI Impact
The Print to HTML feature adds a menu item to the File menu and a corresponding
dialog for setting the html file location.
The menu item Print to HTML will be added to the file menu directly following
the plain Print menu item.
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Page Setup...
Print...
Print to HTML...
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Print to HTML has the mnemonic of H.
Detailed Spec
Once the user selects Print to HTML from the File menu they will be presented
with the following dialog:
Properties of the Dialog:
- HTML File Location field: Lets the user specify the location of the html
file.
- Browse... button: Opens a filechooser for selecting a location for the
html file.
- Print only selected text check-box. When selected only the selected text
will be printed to the html file. Default: unchecked.
- Show line numbers check-box. Prints line numbers in the html file. Default:
Matches the current state of the editor. If line numbers are shown in the
editor then the check-box is checked by default, if there line numbers are
not shown in the editor then the check box is not checked by default.
- Open generated HTML in browser. Opens the html file in the default
browser once it has been created.
Open Issues
1. The selected text check-box may not be a feature supported in promotion
b. Needs some further investigation.
