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[Bug 488857] Re: Printing to PDF/PS/SVG defaults to a hidden (.name) filename

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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:04:02 -0000
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** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #539426
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=539426

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Title:
  Printing to PDF/PS/SVG defaults to a hidden (.name) filename

Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
  Confirmed
Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit:
  New
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Confirmed
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “firefox-3.5” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: firefox

  When one prints to PDF/PS/SVG from Firefox, the filename defaults to
  ".pdf" or ".ps" or ".svg"

  These filenames are hidden by default by in GNOME and it is my opinion that this is a bad practice.
  If one forgets to specify a filename then the file is hidden in the user's home directory.  This could potentially be very confusing for a new user to Linux, Ubuntu, or GNOME.  Even I spent a while looking for a file I printed that I had forgotten to specify a filename for.  If it is possible, I would like to see a default filename of "[Window_Title].pdf" or at least "output.pdf"
  Might this be suitable for inclusion in the current round of paper cuts?

  I also checked the same dialog in Chromium and it defaulted to
  "output.pdf"

  Information
  Package: Firefox (though this may be more related to Nautilus if the 'Print to File' dialog is a Nautilus component)
  Version: firefox:
    Installed: 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
    Candidate: 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
    Version table:
   *** 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       3.5.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu6 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

  Expected operation: default non-hidden filename when printing to file
  Actual operation: default filename is a hidden file in GNOME

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