Hi Alan, > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 1:55 AM > To: Andrew Ross; Orion Poplawski > Cc: PLplot development list > Subject: Re: [Plplot-devel] Project to replace DocBook backend SGML tools with > XML tools > > On 2013-09-06 09:57-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote: > > > One known limitation of the present method of using dblatex with the xetex > backend > is the only way to generate PostScript results is to use pdftops to convert > the > generated PDF results to PostScript. I implemented that method in the CMake > code, > but after one look at the results (which were 50 (!) times larger than the > corresponding pdf results, slow to generate, slow to execute, and ugly as > well) I > disabled it. > > This disabling of PostScript results means our next PLplot release would not > have > documentation in PostScript form. I think that is probably OK since PDF > readers are > widely available to read the PDF form of our documentation, but I welcome > additional > comments on dropping PostScript from anybody here who might still care about > that > form of our documentation. >
I have used PostScript quite a lot in the past, but it has always been a bit troublesome on Windows - no direct support for printing such files, you always needed ghostview/ghostscript to view or print them. In my opinion PDF is far more important nowadays as a portable document format than PostScript, most definitely on Windows. Regards, Arjen DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
