RE: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-22 Thread Ralph LaChance
At 04:31 PM 5/21/02, you wrote: >Are the AWTRenderer spacing fixes in a release version of FOP? If so, which >version? No; but my understanding is that it is now committed to cvs - at least in the maint branch, in what will be the upcoming 0.20.4 maint release. The change is confined one method

Re: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-21 Thread Jeremias Maerki
> Are the AWTRenderer spacing fixes in a release version of FOP? If so, which > version? In the next: 0.20.4. It's already fixed in CVS. Christian has announced that we can expect a candidate release around June 1st. Cheers, Jeremias Märki mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OUTLINE AG Postfach 3954 - R

RE: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-21 Thread Jim Urban
: Ralph LaChance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TIFFRenderer At 10:11 AM 5/21/02, you wrote: >Ralph LaChance is working on it. Check the current CVS. Ralph's diff >should have improved some of this. But it seems like AWT st

Re: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-21 Thread Ralph LaChance
At 10:11 AM 5/21/02, you wrote: >Ralph LaChance is working on it. Check the current CVS. Ralph's diff >should have improved some of this. But it seems like AWT still has its >pitfalls. > >Implementing a full bitmap renderer without the use of AWT would be a >major pile of work, I think. But you ca

Re: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-21 Thread Oleg Tkachenko
Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Implementing a full bitmap renderer without the use of AWT would be a > major pile of work, I think. But you can always try to use GhostScript > to convert a PDF/PS to TIFF which should have about the same qualities > as the PDF. Which method are you using right now? You

Re: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-21 Thread Oleg Tkachenko
Jim Urban wrote: > We would be real interested in TIFF rendering from FOP since our application > includes a fax component. My only concern is the use of the AWTRenderer. > Whenever we use the AWTRenderer the output (on screen and print) is not as > crisp and sharp as the PDF version. The spaci

Re: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-21 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Ralph LaChance is working on it. Check the current CVS. Ralph's diff should have improved some of this. But it seems like AWT still has its pitfalls. Implementing a full bitmap renderer without the use of AWT would be a major pile of work, I think. But you can always try to use GhostScript to con

RE: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-21 Thread Jim Urban
City Solutions Inc. corporate offices at (435) 654-0621 -Original Message- From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TIFFRenderer I think you're the second one who announced such a TIFF renderer in a short p

Re: TIFFRenderer

2002-05-21 Thread Jeremias Maerki
I think you're the second one who announced such a TIFF renderer in a short period of time. Personally, I would like to see a bitmap renderer in FOP even though I don't have an immediate need myself. I'd like to offer my sponsorship. If no other committer wants to take it, I'm going to look at the