Re: lout and PDF

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Jeff,

What message are you replying to?

address@hidden (Jeff Kingston) writes:

>> I made a version of lout that can include PDF files.
>> It detects PDF files by their first few bytes...
>> It uses the pdftops program from the open source xpdf package
>> http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ to convert PDF files to temporary
>> EPS files.
>
> This is clever but it seems like a bridge too far to me.  After
> all, Lout is just one tool in a chain and these sorts of things
> can be done outside it.  What do others think?

I agree.

>> I made a version of lout that works with previews.

What does that mean?

Thanks,
Ludo'.