Not too long ago, there were 2 volunteers wanting to know how they can
help the Linux-Java community and I responded (among many examples)
that a Postscript viewer would be a neat, but tough java project.  In case
anyone started this, better check this out:

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:17:59 -0400 (EDT), 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nelson Minar) wrote

>>I can't believe that I can't create images on dedicated Web server and send
>>it to clients over http response if I don't run X!!!
>
>The Java image stuff is fairly poor. Various people have written
>libraries to do graphics without AWT. One that looks interesting is
>Jef Poskanzer's, over at http://www.acme.com/
>
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apparently, Jef's site claims "JavaSoft and Adobe are said to be
working on a 2-D rendering API similar to PostScript", so I would find
out more about this before re-inventing the wheel.

-Larry Gates


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