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b=KSaTsOawYSetSq9SYmxXTx1fUAnEbJOwiQff+FIDCC4oOYn+ZkM0FUd/pN5do /VrX5inWSZiu0CTiUNr5LroLtIhQnHwsk3sm7MSzuychG0rYOck7njUba5M3U2TA uFBxLJVO8bXxwKC+6821eHPRESetxwhD9oMyurVXg+G4OI= Original-Received: from [192.168.1.64] (76-10-185-63.dsl.teksavvy.com [76.10.185.63]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kip@thevertigo.com) by homiemail-a57.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8E72C208058; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:45:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120121014245.794d515b@homerow> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=208.113.200.5; country=US; region=CA; city=Brea; postalcode=92821; latitude=33.9269; longitude=-117.8612; metrocode=803; areacode=714; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.9269,-117.8612&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 08Go0J6O0 - 0b2761e38b99 - 20120121 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.217 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:74062 Archived-At: --===============1620634501== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-ZetJLmDY5hmDpOOZcbqL" --=-ZetJLmDY5hmDpOOZcbqL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 01:42 +0100, Marco wrote: > On 2012-01-20 Kip Warner wrote: >=20 > > On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 01:22 +0100, Marco wrote: > > > On 2012-01-20 Kip Warner wrote: > > >=20 > > > > So what does ConTeXt do when it typesets an \externalfigure? > > > > Does it always use inkscape, or only sometimes? > > >=20 > > > If the image type is supported by the TeX engine (jpeg, > > > png, pdf, mps) it is directly included. SVG files inkscape > > > is called to convert the SVG to PDF. For EPS images > > > ghostscript is used: > > >=20 > > > strace results: > > >=20 > > > execve("/usr/bin/gs", ["gs", "-q", "-sDEVICE=3Dpdfwrite", > > > "-dNOPAUSE", "-dNOCACHE", "-dBATCH", > > > "-dAutoRotatePages=3D/None", "-dPDFSETTINGS=3D/prepress", > > > "-dEPSCrop", "-sOutputFile=3Dm_k_i_v_graph.pdf", > > > "graph.eps", "-c", "quit"], [/* 55 vars */])=20 > >=20 > > Right, but since the average end user probably won't know that, doesn't > > that still suggest Inkscape be listed as a dependency? >=20 > No, not as dependency. As I mentioned before 99.9% of the > system work fine without additional programs. You need > inkscape only when you want to include SVG images. Having > inkscape as a dependency means a huge bunch of data and > disk space (inkscape incl. all dependencies like X,=C2=BF). >=20 > However, these external helpers (like ghostscript as well) > should be listed as a recommendation [not dependency]), > that way the user is notified that he/she might get a > benefit installing these programs. >=20 > Marco >=20 Understood. I've copied the package maintainer for a popular ConTeXt Ubuntu PPA. --=20 Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com --=-ZetJLmDY5hmDpOOZcbqL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk8aCowACgkQLXnfK7bii23xWQCeJLZfUvu14iSQfd6KnBk9Qfml JP0AoKho43Kee6ztdEMK9y5+87dSoZ8S =tFN+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ZetJLmDY5hmDpOOZcbqL-- --===============1620634501== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ --===============1620634501==--