I have no doubts that it can be optimized but I don't have the time to look at it.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vollmer, Thomas - CannonSA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Paulo Soares'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 17:33 Subject: RE: [iText-questions] difference between itext and fop? > > iText does it the correct way. The curves you see are to make > > the round end caps. > > FOP actually does it the correct way, too. I'm sorry, I removed > too much of the context around the PDF generated by FOP so this > wasn't shown. The full relevant section of the PDF is: > > 0 G > 1 J > 1 j > 0.5 w > 10 M > 1 0 0 1 0 0 cm > 10 10 m > 100 10 l > S > > The PDF spec says: > G = set stroking color > J = set line cap > j = set line join > w = set stroke width > M = set miter limit > > So, the first couple of lines actually set all the attributes > of the line that are specified in the SVG, including the round > end caps. I can't see these PDF commands anywhere in the PDF > that iText generated (I attached both PDFs for reference). > > So, it seems to me that iText doesn't use some of these > commands but instead does it the "manual" way. Do you > if iText ever uses the commands mentioned above? And if > not, why not? > > I'll dig around in the source code some more... > > Best Regards, > Thomas > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:35 AM > > To: Vollmer, Thomas - CannonSA; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] difference between itext and fop? > > > > > > iText does it the correct way. The curves you see are to make > > the round end > > caps. Maybe some parameter in PdfGraphics2D could exist to relax the > > generation of some lines if size/performance was more important. > > > > Best Regards, > > Paulo Soares > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vollmer, Thomas - CannonSA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Paulo Soares'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:08 > > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] difference between itext and fop? > > > > > > > Ok, I figured out how to make FOP generate uncompressed > > > PDF and compared the output FOP and iText generate for > > > a very simple SVG element. > > > > > > SVG: > > > <path fill="none" stroke="#000000" stroke-width="0.5" > > > stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" > > > stroke-miterlimit="10" d="M10,10H100"/> > > > > > > FOP (noise removed): > > > 10 10 m > > > 100 10 l > > > S > > > > > > iText (noise removed): > > > 10 89.75 m > > > 100 89.75 l > > > 100.14 89.75 100.25 89.86 100.25 90 c > > > 100.25 90.14 100.14 90.25 100 90.25 c > > > 10 90.25 l > > > 9.86 90.25 9.75 90.14 9.75 90 c > > > 9.75 89.86 9.86 89.75 10 89.75 c > > > h > > > f > > > > > > (The differences in y coordinates are due to differences > > > in the transformation matrices that are in effect.) > > > > > > Is this the effect you were describing when you said: > > > > > > > > > That's because with fop for a line you'll have a width set > > > > > > and a line draw and with iText it's a rectangle followed > > > > > > by a fill. > > > > > > Could it be due to this piece of code in class > > > com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfGraphics2D? > > > > > > private void followPath(Shape s, int drawType) { > > > ... > > > if (drawType==STROKE) { > > > s = stroke.createStrokedShape(s); > > > followPath(s, FILL); > > > return; > > > } > > > ... > > > } > > > > > > It looks like it doesn't want to do STROKE, it only > > > wants to do FILL. What would happen if it would > > > allow STROKE? > > > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Thomas > > ************************************ > If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for > the > delivery of this message to the addressee, please note that this message > may > contain ITT Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you may > not > copy or deliver this message to anyone. You should destroy this message > and > kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information contained in this > message that does not relate to the business of ITT is neither endorsed > by > nor attributable to ITT. > ************************************ > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: AMD - Your access to the experts on Hammer Technology! Open Source & Linux Developers, register now for the AMD Developer Symposium. Code: EX8664 http://www.developwithamd.com/developerlab _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
