No objection at all. I said it was just "some useless info at the weekend". ;-)
On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 07:24, Yee Cheng Chin <[email protected]> wrote: > > And of course you can configure MacVim / Vim to use whatever tool you want. > We are just using pstopdf by default. > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 4:23 PM Yee Cheng Chin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That's interesting to know about the ps2pdf difference. The default >> "pstopdf" tool that Apple ships definitely seems like the bare MVP that >> works just for people who have such needs (which is our case here) without >> them having to do too much work in supporting. FWIW I actually toyed with >> the idea of bundling "ps2pdf" with MacVim (before I found out about the >> Mac-bundled pstopdf) before I saw the binary size… It's a pretty heavy tool. >> >> On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 4:03 AM Yongwei Wu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I was unaware of the fact that pstopdf came preinstalled, otherwise I >>> would probably have used it. >>> >>> This said, I made a quick comparison, and noticed: >>> >>> - While the resulting files look similar (but not identical), the one >>> generated by ps2pdf is smaller (33537 vs 206104 bytes in my case). >>> - Ghost ps2pdf defaults to compatibility with PDF v1.4, while Apple >>> pstopdf generates a file compatible with PDF v1.3 (not configurable). >>> - They both use the Courier font, but ps2pdf embeds the PostScript >>> Type 1 font, while pstopdf embeds the TrueType font. This may be the >>> main reason for the size difference. >>> >>> Just some useless info at the weekend. ;-) >>> >>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 19:22, Richard Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > Advantages of ps2pdf over pstopdf ? -- Yongwei Wu URL: http://wyw.dcweb.cn/ -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/CADs46icQ%3Dhp%3DyG2kE3MfcO%3DG6Coi6NAW8CMyjd_%3DR_yzUpAN5g%40mail.gmail.com.
