From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4449 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2022 16:00:38 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 27 Sep 2022 16:00:38 -0000 Received: from ftrv.se ([45.76.35.157]) by 9front; Tue Sep 27 11:59:37 -0400 2022 Message-ID: <285A06EA6B6136FC135D0C69E75AFCAF@ftrv.se> DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ftrv.se; s=mail; t=1664294374; bh=HX3dfA7irweb0fKCIJdIkvci+Flh1YCESADkSdPDDYY=; h=To:Subject:Date:From:In-Reply-To; b=6SRUBDePFsxlFzFrC1xXkOrL5qI2elHwtpoiVHQnO2zdho18l7OIpW9YHus0UVNLp 4AtMMtQ4IJVbnPhSBnS+DZhgOHMec7xt82ea7YAll1Y5vgNRFII8fIBeaSRtuSJbHJ opXeGHloHzYv3v9AMtU0UPGrT+x8roszBLtj5QnM= To: 9front@9front.org Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:59:32 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?U2lncmlkIFNvbHZlaWcgSGFmbMOtbnVkw7N0dGly?= In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: extensible patented database replication Subject: Re: [9front] graphics tools Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk Quoth Kurt H Maier : > On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 10:56:50PM +1300, umbraticus@prosimetrum.com wrote: > > > https://git.sr.ht/~raingloom/postscript-sketches > > > > Thanks for the pointers. Fun stuff; here's a quick one: > > > > http://runjimmyrunrunyoufuckerrun.com/demo/pspjw > > > > Make sure to sysupdate first to get the latest togif fix (thanks sigrid!) > > or just feast your eyes on the result: > > http://runjimmyrunrunyoufuckerrun.com/demo/pspjw.gif > > > > I know there is an ongoing effort to get a native pdf renderer going > > but ps seems quite entwined in the system and kinda enjoyable in > > its own right, so I wonder whether that will indeed put an end to > > our crusty old gs... > > > > umbraticus > > If I had Infrastructure Money, an API-compatible ghostscript replacement > would be a boon to the whole world. Shame the folks who haunt bug > trackers demanding things be rewritten in their language du jour are > focused on overthrowing the tyranny of ls(1) than doing something > genuinely productive. > > khm Maybe not API-compatible, but pdffs-adjacent folks (me too) were looking at https://github.com/luser-dr00g/xpost as a possible base for future work in ghostscript replacement effort in 9front. As usual, a lot code has to be written and main resource for that is time.