Re: pdf definition

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Thanks Ken. The 1.7 version should be plenty. The hope is to make the
text to pdf code as small as possible; Ghostscript's not a giant but close.

Hul


Ken <ken@spamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <rkr916$b8j$1@reader1.panix.com>, ht@panix.com says...
> > 
> >       Anyone know where to find a technical definition of PDF?

> The PDF Reference Manual is the techincal definition of PDF. Its now an 
> ISO specification which costs (IIRC) 250 CHF, however the 1.7 version 
> was published fro free by Adobe and is still available from their web 
> site. You'll have to Google for it, they move it around frequently.

> Unless you need the absolute newset features (which seems unlikely) the 
> free version is quite adequate from a technical perspective, easier to 
> read and more useful (for example it has an index, which the ISO 
> specification lacks)

> > I need to convert 
> > a text file to ps and then to pdf. Text to ps is simple and complete. The ps 
> > to PDF format is the current trouble. Or maybe text to PDF directly. There is 
> > no need for compression, so, if that can be omitted it would good. 
> >    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

> Use Ghostscript ?

>                 Ken

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