Dear P.O.,

On 06.03.2020 20:25, P.O. Jonsson wrote:
> I found one more difference, to the advantage of svg graphics
>
> On page 25 fig. 3.6 lack a frame on png, this results in two lines of text 
> more in png version on
> page 25 before it goes to page 26. In the svg version this is correctly 
> displayed.

thank you very much!

Will wait until tomorrow before incorporating this in case someone objects 
because of the size
(which should not really be too much of a problem). Will plan to remove the 
pdf- and png-renderings
(they can be recreated from the OpenOffice Draw program if deemed necessary) 
and add the svg renderings.

Best regards

---rony

>
>
>> Am 06.03.2020 um 20:04 schrieb Rony G. Flatscher <rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at
>> <mailto:rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at>>:
>>
>> 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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