>> I just assume that the actual content is hidden inside the page's >> content stream(s). > > Raw content, mostly, sometimes. But the draw commands are what put it all > together. > > For instance, you might have a paragraph of text where there is one draw > command per line, or you might have a paragraph of text where is one draw > command per character.
Getting to the individual draw commands for the text/characters would be a first step ...and maybe even enough for what I am after. Is this what the CGPDFOperatorTableSetCallback() is for? > For an image that fills the page, you might have one > content stream and one draw command, or you might have multiple image slices > with one content stream and one draw command for each slice. Would a PDF writer really slice the images up? > IOW, what you want is not so simple. I see. Well, I probably don't really need the image extraction Just getting the text draw commands might suffice. cheers -- Torsten _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]