Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-24 Thread Johann Glaser
Hi! > I am a little impressed that everyone says postscript is so complex, > so I'm reevaluating which path to go, but I do have a competent > software developer available to whom send the task, so the amount of > work isn't that much a problem =P (as long as it is doable by 1 person > in a couple

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-24 Thread Marc Weustink
Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmm... vague your mail is. What kinda interpretation? If all you want is to slurp the text then it might be possible but then Postscript is a full blown programming language and people (most

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-23 Thread Luiz Americo Pereira Camara
Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The drawing will most likely come from CorelDraw. We are developing a printer driver which will then use a ready made virtual printer which is able to generate postscript as output, which will m

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-23 Thread Marc Santhoff
Am Mittwoch, den 23.04.2008, 08:36 -0300 schrieb Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Marc Santhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you have a description of Corels file format? If so I'd be strongly > > interested in getting a link or copy, up to now I thought their

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-23 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest you take a look at the library provided by ghostscript and > also the various gs widgets. The free Ghostscript is dual license. GPL2 or some no-comercial use license. I can't use GPL2 because my software is propriet

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-23 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Marc Santhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have a description of Corels file format? If so I'd be strongly > interested in getting a link or copy, up to now I thought their format > is proprietary and not documented. Not really. Reading directly from Core

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-23 Thread Krishna
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm... vague your mail is. What kinda interpretation? If all you want > > is to slurp the text then it might be possible but then Pos

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-23 Thread Marc Santhoff
Hi Felipe, Am Mittwoch, den 23.04.2008, 07:29 -0300 schrieb Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho: > The drawing will most likely come from CorelDraw. We are developing a > printer driver which will then use a ready made virtual printer which > is able to generate postscript as output, which will make our d

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-23 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm... vague your mail is. What kinda interpretation? If all you want > is to slurp the text then it might be possible but then Postscript is > a full blown programming language and people (mostly) come up with > their own op

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-23 Thread Krishna
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:30 AM, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I did some googling, and I think there is none, but just in case ... > does anyone know a pascal library to read postscript files? Preferably > open source. Liberal licensing (linking to propriet

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-22 Thread Ricardo Aguiar
Greeintgs again! There is another program named "pstoedit". They have a site: http://www.pstoedit.net/ Ok, it is in C/C++. But I hope this can help you. Reinvent the wheel is always dificult. This all raises a question: What about the dificulty of using external C/C++ libs in Linux (and wi

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-22 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 6:42 AM, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PS is really complex, it's a full programming language after all. I would > consider a Ghostscript wrapper. The company that sells Ghostscript refused to sell it to my company due to insuficiente selling volume. Looks

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-21 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
Hello, On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Ricardo Aguiar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Linux (at least in Debian) there is a program named "extract" who > extracts text from .pdf and .ps files. This program uses a dynamic > library (libextractor) and your program can use it dynamically without

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-21 Thread Ricardo Aguiar
Greetings. In Linux (at least in Debian) there is a program named "extract" who extracts text from .pdf and .ps files. This program uses a dynamic library (libextractor) and your program can use it dynamically without any problem. The only restriction is about linking against static librarie

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-20 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 6:42 AM, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PS is really complex, it's a full programming language after all. I would > consider a Ghostscript wrapper. The problem is that you have to buy it for non-GPL projects, but thanks a lot for the tip, I will evaluate if

Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-20 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho schrieb: Hello, I did some googling, and I think there is none, but just in case ... does anyone know a pascal library to read postscript files? Preferably open source. Liberal licensing (linking to proprietary code) is indispensable. If not then there will be one in

[fpc-pascal] Pascal postscript reading library

2008-04-19 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
Hello, I did some googling, and I think there is none, but just in case ... does anyone know a pascal library to read postscript files? Preferably open source. Liberal licensing (linking to proprietary code) is indispensable. If not then there will be one in a couple of months =) I need to inter