Hi Jason My belief is that it would be easier to build a simple ( for text, lines etc .. the stuff documents are made of ) postscript viewer in View than a PDF viewer. That's the main thrus of why I prefer PS to PDF. In fact most of that work has been done in the various postscript dialects we have in Rebol now.
On 9/8/07, Jason Cunliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Graham Chiu wrote: > > We have been constantly lobbying for more support for Postscript. > > > > That is how I am currently generating all my print documents. > > > > However, Gabriele feels PDF is the way to go .... > > > Hi Graham > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format > > <wikipedia says> > The PDF combines three technologies: > > * A sub-set of the PostScript > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript> page description > programming language, for generating the layout and graphics. > * A font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with > the documents. > * A structured storage system to bundle these elements and any > associated content into a single file, with data compression > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression> where appropriate. > > </wikipedia said> > > Would be interested to hear both your arguments summarized for > PDF/Postcript exposure > > Jason > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > -- Graham Chiu http://www.synapsedirect.com Synapse-EMR - innovative electronic medical records system -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
