Hello Rob
On 15-Nov-00, Rob Little wrote:
> Don Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> Not if the hotshot programmers don't own PostScript printers.
>
> Or if the hotshot programmers are sensible enough to think "that's the
> OS's job, not mine. Why should I write a whole library to translate to
> postscript output? Especially when the majority of people using the
> software don't have postscript printers anyway"
I simply don't see how the OS could generate the PS output, or for that
matter the bitmaps needed for non-PS printing.
Only the browser knows where each letter and each image is on the web
page, and the size of each image, and the fonts used. That is the
information to be sent to the printer, using a series of simple
commands. What can the OS do here?
Do you expect the OS to convert HTML direct to PostScript? It could if
it had its own HTML engine, like IE in Windows. Are you suggesting that
AWeb should be set up in the OS to lay out the HTML and print to
PostScript? Then Voyager could just collect the files and pass them on
to AWeb.
I think HTML-to-Postscript conversion is the job of the browser. DTP
programs make their own Postscript code. So should a browser, which has
a much simpler problem.
As for your last argument, several people have already said that they
use Postscript printers. Is Amiga software to be dumbed down to the
level of the most badly equipped users? Is the Amiga a toy computer, or
just a games machine? IMO Postscript output is a basic function in any
serious computer and software.
Regards
--
Don Cox
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