RE: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gpdf



Am Fre, 2003-05-02 um 13.54 schrieb Bill Haneman:
> Simplest case in point is the need for glyph bounds info on the viewing
> canvas and the means to connect that info back to the structured tree. 
> I don't think the existing PDF canvases are smart enough for that, they
> are IFAICT "write only" whiteboards that stuff gets painted onto.

Very true for gpdf: the glue code that sits between xpdf and the gnome
print preview doesn't know anything about the canvas items that are
ultimately created. And it has no idea of the PDF content stream where
the painting commands come from and other content like a11y info is
stored.

	Martin





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