Re: PDF/Postscript in gtk+

[Raul Dias <chaos swi com br>]

On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 16:32 +1100, Daniel Kasak wrote:
> Raul Dias wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to display pdf documents (PDF::Api2 generated documents) inside a
> > perl-gtk+ app.
> >
> > This app will be cross plataform (linux/windows).
> >
> >   
> Do you have to have the pdf rendered inside your app, or is opening an 
> external app OK?

I want to avoid using an external app.
Most people who will be using this barely knows how to use a computer.
Having multiple windows open would cause greater confusion.

Just to get an idea, this app will be run fullscreen from an autorun CD.


> evince and gpdf can't currently print pdfs very well at all. They
> have 
> major issues with spacing and alignment - particularly with pdfs 
> generated by PDF::API2 ... trust me ... this is just what we do :(

Interesting.  Is there any reason for this? badly generated pdfs from
PDF::API2?


Raul Dias