Path: csiph.com!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!panix!not-for-mail From: Hul Tytus Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: pdf definition Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 22:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1601332910 16747 166.84.1.3 (28 Sep 2020 22:41:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 22:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.postscript:3577 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 wrote: > In article , 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