I think that Print link to open popup window with printable
HTML version of page is very useful thing, so I would like
to have it in my ikiwiki :)
Probably it's better to generate a page on the fly as a CGI
(just the same like for RecentChanges page) when a user
really needs it, instead to build static printable version
for all ikiwiki pages. --Pawel
I've always considered print links to be a sign of a badly designed web
site that looks ugly in a printer because it's ugly anywhere, so I may
take some convinving. :-) Ikiwiki pages seem like they'd print out ok
as-is to me.
ikiwiki home pages are plain and clean, but please note that some
ikiwiki users can have their wiki with banners and navbars and a lot
of graphics.
(I also often click on print links, just to get a web page that I can
read, especially often hoping that it will have the whole article on it,
instead of the 99 tiny pagelets nasty websites like to split things into.
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the web?)
I always print all interested articles for me, because I hate reading
them from a display monitor. It's too painful for my eyes. And I want
to print only article body without all wrappers, because I don't
need them.
One option, if your stylesheet contained something that was unpalatable
in printing, would be to define an alternate stylesheet optimised for
printing, and somehow switch the browser to use that stylesheet when
printing a page (it can be switched from a menu in the UI of some
browsers, but I'm not sure what a good way would be to switch the
stylesheet on the fly without re-rendering the page..)
--[[Joey]]
Maybe you could add print.css file for printable version? We just have
local.css file for a local styling. --Pawel
Sure, very doable, but the UI to switch to it when printing, I don't
know..
Is the IU to switch is really necessary? Why don't use only
style.css and print.css files in header of printable version
of page? The second file can be equivalent of local.css file
and it can overwrite default CSS styles.
BTW, I'm sure that the Print link as originally requested could be
written as a plugin fairly simply. --[[Joey]]
I'm not a Perl expert, but I can take a look at code of other
ikiwiki plugins.
BTW, I also was thinkig about plugin to CVS support,
but unfortunately I don't have too much free time. --Pawel
You don't need a stylesheet-switching UI or a printer-friendly
version; just link to a stylesheet with media="print". --[[JoshTriplett]]
Example? --[[Joey]]
I used meta to add a media="print" stylesheet to the [[sandbox]]. In print or
print preview (on browsers supporting data URIs), you should no longer
see the search form. --[[JoshTriplett]]
(And I broke it, since it was a security hole ;-). So it looks like
media=print can be
used inside a style sheet,
so the thing to do would be to edit style.css to automatically disable parts
not wanted when printing. That would rock. --[[Joey]]
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