Re: [svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-03 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
On 11/2/06, Doug Schepers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, please don't take what I say next personally. ;) Also, these are my views, not necessarily those of the SVG WG. I won't - don't worry! In exchange, you can't take my comment as attacks on SVG or the work of the committee... I'm

Re: [svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-03 Thread Doug Schepers
Hi, Leonard- Leonard Rosenthol wrote: On 11/2/06, Doug Schepers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, please don't take what I say next personally. ;) Also, these are my views, not necessarily those of the SVG WG. I won't - don't worry! In exchange, you can't take my comment as attacks on

[svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-02 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi Leonard, --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Leonard Rosenthol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/31/06, Andreas Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems like SVG is not yet dead inside Adobe. Not at all! This is good to hear! Thanks for letting us know that you work for Adobe now. We

[svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-02 Thread brucerindahl
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Leonard Rosenthol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/31/06, Andreas Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems like SVG is not yet dead inside Adobe. Not at all! Here is another project by Adobe to embed static SVG inside a Mars file format, which is

Re: [svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-02 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
On 11/2/06, Andreas Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I understand it, Mars will be a plugin to Acrobat Reader and full version. Initially, this is true. Remember that, TODAY, Mars is just a technology preview from Adobe. It is not (yet) a product or an official deliverable. We have

Re: [svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-02 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
On 11/2/06, brucerindahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info. I was interested until I looked at the specs on your site. I am currently using Batik to convert SVG to PDF and thought Mars would be a far easier solution. Depending on what you are doing, and when/how you plan to

[svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-02 Thread Andreas Neumann
The loss of CSS styling is not a big one for myself. I initially used them a lot but am moving away gradually for several reasons. The lack of some of the text features, markers and textpath hurts and is certainly a problem when it comes to creating maps on demand or other more complex

Re: [svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-02 Thread Leonard Rosenthol
On 11/2/06, Andreas Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The lack of some of the text features, markers and textpath hurts and is certainly a problem when it comes to creating maps on demand or other more complex graphics. The issue is that although we are using SVG syntax, we are using it

[svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-02 Thread brucerindahl
Leonard Thanks for you comments and clarifications. I mentioned Postscript mainly because some of the syntax is similar to SVG. Also, anything done by Postscript(Adobe Language) can be converted to PDF (Adobe format) via Acrobat (Adobe product). This is how I made the connection. As Andreas

[svg-developers] Re: Adobe Mars: static SVG inside PDF

2006-11-02 Thread Doug Schepers
Hi, Leonard- Congrats on your new post. Your experience with PDF and SVG make you a valuable team member for Adobe, I'm sure. So, please don't take what I say next personally. ;) Also, these are my views, not necessarily those of the SVG WG. Leonard Rosenthol wrote: On 11/2/06, Andreas