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Re: The need for an integrated PDF reader/Implementation ofNSPDFImageRep
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Gregory John Casamento |
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Re: The need for an integrated PDF reader/Implementation ofNSPDFImageRep |
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Mon, 11 Aug 2003 05:42:30 -0700 (PDT) |
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> > Would it be better to use ghostscript or to implement our own internal PDF
> > reader based on it?
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> i think implementing our own renderer is the better choice. I've already
> made some investigations for my Preview-Application ViewIt
> (http://mac.wms-network.de/gnustep/viewit/viewit.html). It currently uses
> an xpdf/ghostscript based combination for PDF rendering. My plans are to
> implement a mechanism that produces custom (PDF)ImageReps by using the
> code from xpdf. xpdf does rendering very well and it is modular so that it
> is easy to write new output devices. xpdf uses this output devices to
> 'visualize' PDF content. An output device must implement some methods that
> can be translated (nearly) directly to postscript, so it may be possible
> to use display-postscript here.
>
> ciao
> Stefan Kleine Stegemann
If xpdf is GPL and the copyright is owned by the FSF, then we could integrate
parts of it into an implementation of NSPDFImageRep.
GJC
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