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Re: [Gzz] Tuukka 2002-10-13 (genimages, jython)
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Tuomas Lukka |
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Re: [Gzz] Tuukka 2002-10-13 (genimages, jython) |
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Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:10:25 +0300 |
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> To make genimages functionality smarter, we could use pdfinfo from package
> xpdf-utils: it can tell the number of pages and resolution in a pdf file.
> An alternative in package gs-common is pdf2dsc, but the output is not in
> an equally nice format.
pdfinfo sounds good.
We also need the same for .ps, naturally...
> Finding libraries to read and render pdf would be even better as we could
> get rid of some external program dependencies.
Yes, but I think for 0.8 final acceptable would be
- lazy generation of images
- using pdfinfo and something corresponding for .ps to
get sizes.
- using external programs to generate images
Tuomas