And of course you can configure MacVim / Vim to use whatever tool you want. We are just using pstopdf by default.
On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 4:23 PM Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.mac...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's interesting to know about the ps2pdf difference. The default > "pstopdf" tool that Apple ships definitely seems like the bare MVP that > works just for people who have such needs (which is our case here) without > them having to do too much work in supporting. FWIW I actually toyed with > the idea of bundling "ps2pdf" with MacVim (before I found out about the > Mac-bundled pstopdf) before I saw the binary size… It's a pretty heavy tool. > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 4:03 AM Yongwei Wu <wuyong...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was unaware of the fact that pstopdf came preinstalled, otherwise I >> would probably have used it. >> >> This said, I made a quick comparison, and noticed: >> >> - While the resulting files look similar (but not identical), the one >> generated by ps2pdf is smaller (33537 vs 206104 bytes in my case). >> - Ghost ps2pdf defaults to compatibility with PDF v1.4, while Apple >> pstopdf generates a file compatible with PDF v1.3 (not configurable). >> - They both use the Courier font, but ps2pdf embeds the PostScript >> Type 1 font, while pstopdf embeds the TrueType font. This may be the >> main reason for the size difference. >> >> Just some useless info at the weekend. ;-) >> >> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 19:22, Richard Mitchell <rwmitch...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Advantages of ps2pdf over pstopdf ? >> >> >> -- >> Yongwei Wu >> URL: http://wyw.dcweb.cn/ >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. >> Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. >> For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "vim_mac" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to vim_mac+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/CADs46ic3nLvd%2Bh8NFfWWNXwBqyqiBg7KKMujC_DaRYRTXZ1tgA%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_mac+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/CAHTeOx-tW7hx1h-xNvgiV%3DJWiNUkkGRN4G3u5ugqs%2BuAJVdxBA%40mail.gmail.com.
