The PDF back end

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Hi Lout people,

As Jeff said, the problem is that Lout depends too much on the
PostScript programming language.  Perhaps now is the time to
start transitioning to a new model, where there is no direct
connection between the Lout system and the final output format.
This should be done in small, testable steps so that the
transition can happen gradually and without breaking anything.

I am also wondering what great new features we can expect besides
bug fixes, once you get rid of this PDF 'burden'. A lot of work
has been put in this back end, and dropping it would make all
that work meaningless.

Re: Postscript: I have nothing against PS as a language. I simply
believe that it is overkill for a page description format. Why on
earth would I want a file format that can print one way on
mondays, and another way the rest of the week?


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