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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Re: WMFs in KWord
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2002-01-23 14:10:33
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 08:50:27AM +0100, kudling@kde.org wrote:
> > Remember that eps is just a wrapper for a set of other formats. There is the 
> > postscript vector stuff that can be put in eps, but also jpeg, tiff, binairy 
> 
> In the same way C++-code is a wrapper for other formats: by putting
> stuff into comment-blocks (as it is done with the preview section in
> EPS, they are NOT part of the postscript-language. The functions
> "image/cimage" dont accept gif, jpeg, word etc.).
> 
> But most important: i dont think it makes sense for an import filter to
> read the low resolution preview image.

I was certainly not talking about previews. Save a photoshop bitmap as a 
photoshop eps file to see what I meant.

> > contain vector. In the real world not that many vector only eps-es are used..
> 
> Which one of those many "real worlds" do you mean? One without
> (cutting)-plotters?

The real world where people are importing the eps-es into KOffice components :)

I am not saying its a waste of time; I am saying it is not _my_ priority.

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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