Hi Keiron On 06.03.2003 00:45:01 Keiron Liddle wrote: <snip/> > > > There are some minor bugs with patterns in patterns, drawing images and > fonts > > > but there won't be any fixes soon. > > > > Wouldn't it make sense to work with the Batik team to get the PDF and PS > > transcoders into their test infrastructure so we have some good feedback > > and can quickly improve on the quality to match the AWT output? > > If I understand their testing properly, it is currently no setup in a way that could > handle PDF/PS output. > They have various levels of testing: xml parsing, dom, bridge, gvt, image output > and various others. The image output is the one that is parallel with the PDF/PS > transcoding, it is done by comparing the result with a reference image stored in > cvs. Someone needs to know what the reference should be like. Also there are > PDF version/viewer version issues. > I'll see what can be sorted out.
I see. I was also thinking about using GhostScript for converting PostScript and PDF files to bitmaps for testing and then calculating differential images. Add to that a little GUI that let's you browse through a testsuite and inspect the three bitmaps (ref, actual, differential). This could be used for both SVG and XSL-FO stuff. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
