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Re: Images & PDF output
On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 10:42:17AM +0100, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> > The other choice in the running for vector graphics was EPS. But I don't
> > know of any free packages that can use EPS as a native format, and retain
> > additional information about the diagram (like grouping of different
> > elements).
>
> Mayura Draw? or is that not free?
It's not available on the target platform (specifically, FreeBSD, but more
generally, Unix).
> > Sketch (http://sketch.sourceforge.net/) is a CorelDraw-a-like, written
> > in Python/Tk. It's native format is not SVG, but it can read and write
> > SVG files. It also comes with a commandline converter that will do the
> > SVG to EPS conversion.
>
> It looks mildly cute. But I think it makes my point. an unstable 0.6
> version package which doesn't claim to support all of SVG? Limited to
> Latin1 encoding? thats what I call bleeding edge.
Did you have alternative (free, unix) implementations for PDF in mind?
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