How to print from viewnior and other options

[666philb]

viewnior is the default image viewer in many pups but it doesn't have a print option. it does however have an 'open with' option and with a bit of setting up you can use this to send the image to peasyprint or gtklp or your defaultpaint progam.
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solution 1 (works in most pups)

open /usr/share/applications/defaults.list and edit the image lines. this example will add defaultpaint gtklp and peasyprint to the 'open with' options (you may need to restart x for it to work)

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image/bmp=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/gif=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/jpeg=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/png=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/svg=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/svg+xml=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/tiff=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/x-pixmap=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/x-png=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/x-xpixmap=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop
image/x-portable-anymap=defaultimageviewer.desktop;defaultpaint.desktop;gtklp.desktop;peasyprint.desktop

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solution 2 (the above doesn't work in xenial so...)

1 first off copy /usr/share/applications/defaults.list somewhere safe as it gets overwritten by the next step......
2 install 'desktop-file-utilities' from the ppm (use the find box)
3 once installed copy your defaults.list back to /usr/share/applications/

4 we'll use peasyprint as an example so open /usr/share/applications/peasyprint.desktop in geany and add the 'MimeType' line. the same line can be added to 'gtklp.desktop' or 'defaultpaint.desktop' or any program you wish to be an option in the openwith menu;

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=PeasyPrint graphic/photo printing
GenericName=PeasyPrint
Comment=PeasyPrint graphic/photo printing
Exec=/usr/sbin/peasyprint
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/peasyprint.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Categories=X-GraphicUtility
MimeType=image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;image/svg;image/svg+xml;image/tiff;image/x-pixmap;image/x-png;image/x-xpixmap;image/x-portable;

5 now open a terminal and run

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update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications

peasyprint should now show in viewniors 'openwith' menu
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see here for allowing viewnior to set the desktop wallpaper http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107707
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[Sailor Enceladus]

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