From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 18:48:04 +0200 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20130503164804.GA649@polynum.com> References: <64e57b5cc889082953a7f022f534b833@quintile.net> <20130503162039.GA557@polynum.com> <510fc921748adc6e0cd271e0c60d56cb@9srv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <510fc921748adc6e0cd271e0c60d56cb@9srv.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] anyone attempted to build ghostscript recently? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 54683118-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 12:26:47PM -0400, a@9srv.net wrote: > ...and how does that help me read a pre-existing PDF document? Reading a pre-existing PDF document does not need ghostscript. PDF is supposed to be in the dvi class, and predigested rendering. So it should be easier to "port" a PDF library... except that the existing ones are C++ and there is an inflation of "interactive" features (that keep Adobe cutting edge even if the language is documented and royalty free). So, reading existing things is one thing. Producing things that we are unable to render is another one. You may have the obligation of the former; not the latter. This the sense of my comment. -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C