[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 108726] PDF insertion regressions in 5.4

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108726

--- Comment #9 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to sergio.callegari from comment #8)
> > I think return of break would requires enhancement as in bug 106581 to use Skia graphics with the pdfium filtered PDF.
> 
> Wouldn't it be possible, at least for the time being, leaving in place and
> leveraging the 5.3 codepath for the "break", until it is possible to switch
> to use Skia graphics with the pdfium filtered PDF?
> 

As in your original posting in bug 104648, _no_. 

Miklos' work on an "insert as image" capability (resolving bug 89727) and then
moving it to a pdfium based filter simply does not support it.

> > A PDF file filter import opened into into Draw still support the "break".
> 
> If you "open" the pdf file with draw, in opposition to "inserting" it into
> an existing draw document, then the conversion into native LibO objects is
> automatic (opposed to showing the image rendered by pdfium), which is why
> the "break" action remains supported, I think.
> 

Yes that is correct, but the PDF structure is lost losing fidelity when
printing or reexporting out of the saved ODF drawing.

> Indeed, the possibility of getting this behavior through the "opening" of
> the pdf document in draw is a useful workaround for the lack of "break"
> option when inserting the pdf image in an existing drawing/presentation.
> Another workaround is to open in inkscape, save as emf and insert the emf
> that supports the break action. Still, it seems a bit more complex than
> desirable and a bit inconsistent to have break on all vector formats (svg,
> emf, wmf, native metafile), but PDF.

There are better ghostscript based PDF conversions than Inkscape--but that is
one approach.

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