Print layout engine for Linux. Fully ICC aware

[The Hat]

but some things are just in inches, and there's nothing we can do about it.

I totally agree with @ThrillaMozilla, hell would have to freeze, before the current administration would consider changing to the IS system..

Hieroglyphs were once fashionable…

 

[riclin]

I totally agree with @ThrillaMozilla, hell would have to freeze, before the current administration would consider changing to the IS system..

Certainly not the case around these parts - or any of the various countries I've visited or lived in (except the USA - and the UK that seems to use that weird hybrid mix of imperial and metric )

 

[ThrillaMozilla]

Certainly not the case around these parts - or any of the various countries I've visited or lived in (except the USA - and the UK that seems to use that weird hybrid mix of imperial and metric )

OK, we know that large format printers and the paper for them are in inches. We also just had confirmation that the OP -- the software developer -- is Canadian, and that Canadian paper sizes are in inches. We also know that users may encounter either metric sizes, inches, or both, and that it's easy for software to deal with the problem.

Now, are we all agreed on that? Good.

 

[crenedecotret]

Allright it's done If you pull from git and recompile, you should find an option to switch to metric in the preferences menu. This is found in the "hamburger" icon above the folder browser

The option switches all the print sizes from US sizes to the "A" standard. It will also switch the paper border option to millimeters.

The previer ruler also changed to metric

One hint I never thought of giving here. If you pick A6 paper in your driver, it is technically NOT POSSIBLE to select A6 in the image properties. This is normal and the reason is that your actual printable area is smaller than your selection. Use "fit to page" in this scenario. I wasent sure how to handle this scenario. Qimage will let you select any size and tells you it's too large to fit (or auto-crops). I prefered only allowing images sizes that actually fit. Here is an example with A4 paper in the driver. A4 is grayed out

I hope you enjoy the changes I might eventually figure out some hybrid method for people like me in canuckland (US paper sizes but a preference for cm and mm for everything else)