John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As you may know, we have a prototype of a PDF backend, though it is > missing many features.
I've been offline for a while (and will be for at least a week more), but I hacked a bit more on the PDF backend and just did a commit. Now it tries to support images and mathtext, but both are incomplete. Here's what I think is currently missing: * the alpha channel of images is not used (I think this is easy to do) * image compression could be improved (PDF supports png-like compression) * there are encoding problems in text, especially in mathtext (e.g. \alpha doesn't show up) * mathtext positioning seems a bit off * no unicode support in text (or mathtext) * no Type 1 or Base-14 font support (i.e., "pdf.use_afm") * TTF support has lots of small TODOs, e.g. how do you know if a font is serif/sans-serif, or symbolic/non-symbolic? * draw_markers, draw_line_collection, etc. * use_tex Perhaps now would be a good time for anyone interested to give the PDF backend a spin around the block and tell me about any other bugs or missing features, so when I next do a bout of backend_pdf hacking, I'll know what people's priorities are. -- Jouni ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
