Leo <sdl....@gmail.com> writes: > On 2009-08-12 20:30 +0100, Óscar Fuentes wrote: >> Converting the pdf|ps|dvi file to images is exactly what your >> favourite viewer does. > > Could you provide a link to this? I'd like to know more about the > details.
See the source code of your favourite document viewer. There is a simple explanation: the screen shows only images, hence whatever you want to see on the screen must be converted to a image first. > However, whatever the pdf viewer does, a proper one makes working with > pdf files pleasant. For example, skim on OS X is a decent one. I agree but `pleasant' is a subjective appreciation. doc-view-mode implements partial scrolling (advance only 90% or so on each screen down, so the line at the bottom becomes the line at the top) but the pdf readers I use on Linux (okular) and Windows (Foxit) doesn't implement this feature, so I often need to micro-adjust the view for reading the line at the top or the bottom. This is a PITA and the reason why doc-view-mode is more pleasant for reading books than the other mentioned viewers. IIRC OS X has built-in support for ps and pdf, so maybe the doc viewer there does the same a plain text viewer does on any OS: use the services provided by the OS for rendering the image. -- Óscar _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
