The need for an integrated PDF reader/Implementation of NSPDFImageRep

[Gregory John Casamento]

All,

I was just tossing this around in my brain, but I wanted to mention it.

Currently, one way to implement NSPDFImageRep is by using ghostscript.  Using
ghostscript to implement this would have some advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages:

1) The PDF code in ghostscript is tested and works.
2) ghostscript is GPL and copyright is owned by the FSF

Disadvantages:

1) ghostscript is an external program
2) slow

Would it be better to use ghostscript or to implement our own internal PDF
reader based on it?

Later, GJC

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