Is there a future for EPS vector graphics in LO ?

[Thorsten Behrens]

Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> > To turn that back into a development discussion - using ghostscript
> > out-of-process, like we do it for xpdf/poppler, to convert (e)ps
> > into something digestible by LibreOffice is one of the long-pending
> > solutions to that problem.
> 
> That is what LO already does - as last choice when the two preferred
> alternatives are not present.
> 
Hi Christian,

hah, now I recall - you even worked on that, no? Anyhow, sorry! :)

> > That needs a fair bit of hacking, but would love to provide you or
> > anyone else interested with code pointers.
> 
> Given that the preview is used for printing, one halfway solution is
> to not only create a replacement when the eps doesn't have one
> already, but always.
> When there is no preview in the eps, LO tries to run pstoedit (output
> as emf), convert (output as png) or ghostscript (output as 8bit color
> png, at least older versions often had problems with orientation).
> 
What I had in mind is a somewhat more tight integration of gs - that
yields high-level vector information w/o the need for an
intermediary format.

Cheers,

-- Thorsten
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