[poppler] Enabling access to structural information from OutputDev.

[Leonard Rosenthol]

At 11:11 PM 12/3/2005, Thorkild Stray wrote:
>I've just submitted an enhancement request for making structural
>information (from EMC/DP/MP/BDC/BMC operators) available to output
>devices.

         Excellent.

         These will be needed for a variety of things from tagging to 
optional content/layers.


>  The operators used to be noops in Gfx.cc, but my patch suggests
>that they should call methods in the output device instead (so that
>output devices may override those and use the information).

         Yes, that's the right way to do it.


>Default noop methods have been added to OutputDev, so other output
>devices will not need changes.

         Until such time as they are needed....


Leonard

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