https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41376
--- Comment #6 from David Tardon <dtar...@redhat.com> 2011-10-29 10:30:49 PDT --- (In reply to comment #2) > Hi Rainer, > > Others who would use this feature would be anyone who needs a post script > file, > such as those using Hyla FAX or other fax utilities. http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Server_Operation:Sending_Faxes says that PDF is supported since 4.1beta2, which was released more than 6 years ago... > > Ordinarily, most Linux programs has a "print to file" listed as one of the > available printers. Firefox, Eye of gNome, etc.. This allows the user to > easily print to either a Post Script or a PDF. You have removed this feature. Yes, we have. Like it or not, postscript is dead. It has been replaced by PDF just about anywhere. Our print impl. has been changed to use PDF instead of postscript, so there is not much reason to maintain standalone postscript export anymore. > > Also, ordinarily, if one installs the "cups-pdf" utility, you can select CUPS > PDF printer and print directly as a PDF to your desktop or if you give CUPS > PDF > a file location CUPS PDF will output a Post Script (not a PDF) file to that > location. This feature is not usable in Libre Office as the output of the > file > created by Libre Office through CUP PDF is severely corrupted. Print to PDF is not the same thing as export to PDF. There are some PDF features you cannot get by print, e.g., hyperlinks or table of contents. > It is far easier just to export to a PDF, then open > Evince and use the typical Linux "print to file" utility to create a Post > Script file. There are command line utilities too--pdftops and pdf2ps come to mind. > > Now, if I am remembering correctly, you must first create a Post Script file > before creating a PDF. No, we do not have to create postscript before PDF. Where have you heard that? > It would be super if you would allow the Post Script > file you create before creating the PDF to be saved. Libre Office's "file", > "Export to PDF", "File Type" would be the perfect place to put such thing. > ("File Type" currently only has one item in it, the dialog does not need to be > there if you are not going to add items to it.) As written above, it had been there and was intentionally removed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list Libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
