From kde-core-devel  Wed Nov 29 21:52:30 2006
From: Kuba Ober <kuba () mareimbrium ! org>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:52:30 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Okular moving
Message-Id: <200611291652.31014.kuba () mareimbrium ! org>
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> "Viewer" and "Editor" of course should share the maximum amount of
> code; ideally, a running "viewer" would transform itself into an
> editor by loading the additional functionality at run-time as needed.
>
> Linux printing is moving towards PDF as its central spooling file
> format.

Hmm, it was postscript for a long time, so basically it implies just another 
layer of indirection: most unix apps print to postscript, which would then be 
dumbed down to pdf, which would then be rasterized using -- most likely -- a 
postscript application.

Cheers, Kuba