RE: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gpdf
- From: Chipzz <chipzz ULYSSIS Org>
- To: <Murray Cumming Comneon com>
- Cc: <bill haneman sun com>, <elanthis awesomeplay com>, <desktop-devel-list gnome org>, <gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
- Subject: RE: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gpdf
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 15:50:32 +0200 (CEST)
On Thu, 1 May 2003 Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> > there are some _serious_ accessibility issues around PDF.
>
> Are these problems with the PDF format or with the gpdf PDF viewer? Is this
> anything that should influence our decision to add gpdf to GNOME?
I think the issue is with the formmat, namely that PS and PDF store lit-
tle (or no) structural information (eg, PS stores the position of indi-
vidual letters IIRC, but not the relationship between those letters).
Kind regards,
Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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