A solution to printing in REBOL (PDF!)
[1/2] from: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 23-Jun-2001 15:36
Hello Larry!
On 23-Giu-01, you wrote:
LP> gotten a larger response on the mail-list if PDF had appeared
LP> in the subject line.
Maybe. :-)
LP> The pdf-maker script is a very nice piece of work that well
LP> illustrates the power of REBOL. Hats off to you.
It's not that good actually :) but I wanted to post it here as
soon as possible because I thought I could have helped someone.
Seeing no response I was afraid Listar did something bad to the
attachment...
LP> Would it be possible for you to post the scripts to a
LP> website, the View lib, or someones' rebsite (I volunteer mine
LP> if you are interested). It would be better to have them as
LP> two separate scripts. That might have thrown a few folks
LP> trying to DO the email.
I atteched them as separate files, but Listar does not like that.
They'll be on the library and on my reb site soon (I'll put it
back up today). You can put it to your rebsite too if you want and
feel it useful.
LP> Please don't abandon work on the pdf-maker, at least until
LP> you have added images and colors ;-)
Maybe I could add color support even today (I didn't do that in
that first version because I did't have the time to carefully read
the chapter about graphics that day :). Images should be easy too;
vector graphics would require thinking about designing a good dialect
(any idea? how would you like it to be?).
I'd like help on the font issue, which could require some time
(reading TrueType or Type1 fonts, writing a SIZE-TEXT-alike
function, etc.).
Regards,
Gabriele.
--
Gabriele Santilli <[giesse--writeme--com]> - Amigan - REBOL programmer
Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila -- http://www.amyresource.it/AGI/
[2/2] from: agem::crosswinds::net at: 23-Jun-2001 18:21
RE: [REBOL] Re: A solution to printing in REBOL (PDF!)
[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it] wrote:
> Hello Larry!
>
> On 23-Giu-01, you wrote:
>
> I'd like help on the font issue, which could require some time
> (reading TrueType or Type1 fonts, writing a SIZE-TEXT-alike
> function, etc.).
would be interested in size-text-alike for wrapping.
but beeing poor in recherche to time.
likely there is a special file for the font-metrics to be parsed
by other programms?
if you have some info straight to the point, i would like to help
coding.
-Volker