Re: [docbook-apps] excluding image format according to output

[=?UTF-8?B?Q2FtaWxsZSBCw6lnbmlz?= <camille@neodoc.biz>]

Dave Pawson wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 18:31 +0200, Camille BĂ©gnis wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>I don't, but people do, yes.  Obviously Camille does, or intends to,
>>>>for example.  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>Camille, is this  true?
>>>  Generate a .pdf file, simply to add as an image for another file?
>>>Why (if you don't mind me asking)
>>
>>Yes. but first:
>><disclaimer>I'm not an image formats guru by any mean, all I state is 
>>based on my limited experience producing documents.</disclaimer>
> 
> Ah. That makes two of us that admit to 'not knowing everything' :-)
> 
> 
> 
>>I don't embed PDF documents (various pages) in other PDF documents. I 
>>just use the "export" function of diagram editors (inkscape, xfig, etc.) 
>>to produce a "PDF", vector based version of the diagram.
> 
> Thanks. Home ground. I have inkscape on Linux and win32.
> ( I was horrified to see that a tiny block schematic took 132Mb on
> its way to the printer though)
> 
> What is the advantage of using pdf import to xxx when
> the target is yyy.pdf?
>   Why not import the svg into the pdf file?

If your processor supports SVG, I think it's better to embed SVG 
directly, yes.

regards,

Camille.
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