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Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by ApolloRising on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @08:47PM (#11493554)
Quick question: Does anyone know why a basic thing like printing seems to not be included in the default atom app?
Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by jakswa on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @09:10PM (#11493641)
Is your printer one of those combo printer + fax machines? You can copy/paste the code you want to print into an email, email it to a computer with a fax connection, and then fax it to that printer.
Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by iLoch on Thursday April 14, 2016 @02:06AM (#11494609)
I was going to suggest telephoning it in to someone with a tablet, have them transcribe it into a note taking app, scan the tablet with your personal scanner and then print the scan from your original computer using the photo printing tool.
Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by erikb on Thursday April 14, 2016 @04:48AM (#11495133)
You forgot the step where someone needs to make a hand written copy, which is then translated to Hungarian and back. But I understand you, it's an easy step to miss.
Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by ApolloRising on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @09:17PM (#11493667)
HP Laser Printer (Not Combo) nothing fancy.
Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by oneeyedpigeon on Thursday April 14, 2016 @04:43AM (#11495121)
Pure conjecture: someone worked out that the use case for printing out your code is incredibly rare? I don't think I've done it for several years, and if that's widely representative, I strongly support removing it from the core application.
Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by agentgt on Thursday April 14, 2016 @08:36AM (#11496097)
Funny thing is I sort of like how many many apps do not override ctrl/command p and respect it.

Almost every editor I use I use the print commands (ctrl/command p + some other keys) as my global personal short cut chain.

That way I have the same short cuts for intellij, eclipse and even emacs (sadly remapping the default ctrl-p).

Some recent editors though don't respect leaving ctrl/command-p alone (sublime, atom, vs code) which means I have to override what is there. Which sort of pisses me off... they found my secret unused keys ... damn them :)

Worse though are editors that do not even allow you to override ctrl/command-p but I have yet to see those.

Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by connorshea on Thursday April 14, 2016 @12:57AM (#11494386)
Have you opened an issue about it? They may not realize anyone would even want that feature.

Also, why do you want that feature?

Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by TeMPOraL on Thursday April 14, 2016 @07:44AM (#11495800)
For printing code, obviously. Personally, I do that when doing big refactors on some module I didn't write (or wrote it so long ago I don't remember much), or basically when I can't focus. I actually learned that from 'edw519, who summed up my worries about paper use with "Paper is cheap. Focus is golden.".
Re:Atom text editor 1.7.0 released by t0rb3n on Thursday April 14, 2016 @09:01AM (#11496259)
I recently used enscript [1] to create pdf's from code, can recommend.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/enscript/