That was the point of my question, actually: How hard would it be to port that code to java and bundle with itext. I started looking into it the other day and then quickly remember why I don't do C anymore. :) The PDF stuff in itext is expressive and powerful enough that I don't see a point in making another class tree ala RTF to do PS when we could just build a PDF in memory and then convert to PS on the fly.
Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > At 05:26 PM 4/13/2005, Ross Presser wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:43:05 -0400, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: >> >> > Well, the obvious issue is that GS can only be called from the >> > command line and with files >> >> Neither true. The GSAPI lets gs be called from within code - I know >> for a >> fact that C, C++, and .NET language wrappers exist. > > > True, but since we are in a forum discussing a Java library - > and there is no Java binding, I still stand by my comment. > > >> And GS can use stdin and stdout if desired, and those can be hooked >> from the code language. > > Again, we are talking about Java and GS. > > > LDR > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. 215-938-7080 (voice) > 215-938-0880 (fax) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions -- cheeser You can find my blog at http://cheeser.blog-city.com and on AIM as "evan chooly" ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
