On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 03:23, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > I need to solve this problem soon. If I'm able fix the PS renderer, I > > will contribute all the code. Problem is, I know nothing about the PS > > renderer and how to handle Unicode fonts with it. > > I wouldn't recommend this at the moment if you're not having a lot of > time at your disposal. Granted, it would be cool if you added the > feature, but it's a lot of work, especially since the PostScript > renderer's character handling (encodings etc.) is not quite correct > right now. You will also have to rework that in order to get your > Unicode stuff working.
Unfortunately I don't have lots of time to do it. But if I have no other choice I will rewrite the renderer. > If there's only a remote possibility for setting up a Linux machine do it > and create a Servlet that calls Acrobat Reader on that Linux box to > convert the PDF to PostScript. This will be the first solution to implement. > But be sure to try converting a PDF on > the Windows Acrobat Reader to PostScript to see if it will work at all. > The Windows version uses the same code as the Linux version it simply > doesn't export the command line functionality like the Unix version. I didn't try. Acrobat for Linux does a good job converting PDF to PS. Maybe I can get the same result on Windows. > On the other side there IS a command line function for the Windows > Acrobat to convert a PostScript file from PDF. But that process goes > through the Windows Printing System and applies the PPD from a locally > installed printer. But anyway, maybe that would also solve your problem. > You'll find information in the mailing list archive and from the Adobe > website. Thanks for the tip. I will do more research. > Wow, I need to come up with a FAQ entry for this kind of things. :-) Yes!. Rodolfo -- Rodolfo M. Raya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Heartsome Holdings Pte. Ltd. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
