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Subject: Re: Graphics formats


On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 19:04 +0200, Justus Piater wrote:
> > Did you know that Adobe bought Macromedia?
> 
> Is this good news or bad news? More likely good, I guess...
I really don't know.

What do people think?

> 
> >> I wrote a couple of Java classes for converting SVG <-> EPS based
> >> on batik.  E-mail me if you're interested.
> >
> > How do *you* get from SVG to eps? Please?
> 
> I guess this is an "E-mail" from someone "interested"...
Curious... or something. 
  

> 
> I've written (rather, adapted) a Java class for use with batik
> 1.5. You can download it at
> 
>   http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~piater/code/SVG2PS.java
> 
> Disclaimer: This is code I wrote for my own needs. It works for me,
> but it might make your computer explode. Don't blame me. But you can
> e-mail me with questions.

Isn't that a fair definition of open source?
Thanks Justus.


> 
> I also wanted to add that my home-brew solution for the other
> direction (EPS -> SVG) relies on pstoedit to produce Java, and then
> batik to produce SVG. I've experimented with several different
> multi-step conversions, and this one seemed to yield the best-quality
> SVG (though still far from perfect).
> 
> Hope this helps,

Thank you Justus.

regards DaveP






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