Re: printing to PDF with links

[Emmanuel Pacaud <emmanuel gnome org>]

Hi,

Le jeudi 14 août 2014 à 09:30 +0200, Henning Sprang a écrit :
> Dont wanna annoy by bumping too early, but I realize, I likely failed
> to phrase my question short and exact enough.
>
> When printing from webkit-gtk using GTK's print functionality, I
> realize the resulting PDF doesn't have some features I want, like
> links to locations inside the document, and to URL's in the WWW.
>
> So I'd like to understand, is the GTK printing framework's PDF export
> functionality generally capable to create PDF with the desired
> features?
>
> If yes, do I enable this by adjusting the input document, or is that
> controlled by setting specific options when calling the printing
> functions?

I guess webkit-gtk uses cairo for the rendering and printing. Cairo
doesn't support adding hyperlink yet, that why you don't get link in the
output document.

        Cheers,

                Emmanuel.