Dear P.O.,

On 06.03.2020 19:50, P.O. Jonsson wrote:
> I cannot see any difference in the output, can you point to a place where you 
> notice a difference?

E.g. "3.2. Modularizing Data" at p. 20 an all other graphics in the book.

> I found a typo in rexxpg-svg.pdf, on page 35 in item 4.2.2 that is not there
> in rexxpg-png-original.pdf (a stray character)
>
> the Class class ^is unique among Rexx classes in that

Wow, excellent catch! This was an unnoticed typo of mine, corrected it, rebuilt 
the book and
replaced the previous version with it.

Ad toolset: yes, all books are generated with Gil's toolset (I would not be 
able to do that without it)!

Cheers

---rony


>
>> Am 06.03.2020 um 18:57 schrieb Rony G. Flatscher <rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at
>> <mailto:rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at>>:
>>
>> The "Programming Guide" (rexxpg.pdf) uses png-bitmaps created from 
>> OpenOffice odg graphics that
>> look somewhat faint making the book look somehow unfinished, like a draft.
>>
>> After experimenting with different formats the best results seem to be with 
>> svg (scalable vector
>> graphics) graphics.
>>
>> To see the difference I placed both versions temporarily at my Dropbox
>> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gxvvgskb04gdsqf/AACRo_ZLeFOdoBXUHroPY_-Ca?dl=0>:
>>
>>   * rexxpg-png-original.pdf
>>   * rexxpg-svg.pdf
>>
>> There is a little caveat, however, in that the svg version is almost twice 
>> the size (appr. 1.7MB)
>> of the png version (appr. 0,91 MB). Still, as the overall appearence looks 
>> nicer I would like to
>> replace the png graphics with the svg renderings if no one objects.
>>
>> ---rony
>>

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