Hi Stuart, *, On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:38 PM, V Stuart Foote <vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu> wrote: > > Not sure I would characterize EPS as simply a niche use. > > EPS, still much more so than SVG, is the preferred format for preparation of > vector based technical images, graphs and charts for academic and scientific > publication.
So this is perfect example of niche use. I dare to say that it is not for the merits of eps format, but rather due to the fact that this is one of the few/only formats that latex/TeX can digest without any trouble. (And for actual publication you supply the text and the graphics separately anyway, as the layouting will be done by the magazine) > When you consider that Windows continues to hold the high > percentage of user seats it does---poor support for EPS makes LibreOffice a > poor choice for such work, compounded further by continued lack of support > of TeX based renderings that alienates an entire class of academic users. If students are told to use TeX, they don't have a choice but to use TeX anyway. Even if LO supported it, you'd still need to hand in your paper created using TeX. And again: this is niche in my eyes. And even more so as you also correctly stated: a) on one hand the conversions using those are inferior to the conversion using dedicated tools b) for most users it will only be a bitmap representation, not a vector format. The user is much better off converting EPS to a more suitable format prior to using it with LibreOffice. > Notification that the three EPS helper programs are not bundled with > LibreOffice and that some mix of them is required, with some clear guidance > as to best practices seems reasonable until such time as native EPS handling > can be implemented. I don't think so. LibreOffice doesn't understand EPS. It cannot embed it as EPS as is in PDF (you need to print to real postscript, that's the only part where the eps is actually used). In all other cases a bitmap representation is used (as ~nobody will have ps2edit installed). And it is a convenience that LibreOffice hooks into those external programs to create one if there is none embedded in the EPS. ciao Christian _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
