[ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

Monte Goulding monte at appisle.net
Sat Oct 22 17:13:40 EDT 2016


You could use XPDF to either:

- extract PDF text and print from LC fields
- extract page images and print those

> On 23 Oct. 2016, at 3:33 am, Dr. Hawkins <dochawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What I still don't see is the ability to handle eps & pdf, and including
> these in print.
> 
> Without either these, or the ability to reversibly import pdf (i.e., turn
> it to live code objects in a way that it indistinguishably turns back to
> pdf on print to pdf), I need to start planning my transition to another
> platform.
> 
> AFAIK, eps is the only type of object other than a livecode text field
> which could print to an arbitrary density without pixelation (and live code
> has made major strides on this the last few years).
> 
> I've made great progress in being able to copy/paste pdf text into fields
> and capture most of the properties, but it's still labor intensive.
> -- 
> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
> (702) 508-8462
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