Re: [PLUG] Developing in Post Script ... back in October

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

This brings up a question. Ps2pdf works fine for creating basic pdf 
files from PostScript output.  But what tools are available to do the 
fancier stuff, like bookmarks, annotations, forms, signatures, etc.? 
 Adobe no longer supports its unix version (other than the reader).

art

John Voris wrote:


> Back around Oct 12th, there was discussion with L. Rosenthol about
> developing in Postscript.
>
> At the Philly JUG Weds night, Chad Darby spoke on creating .PDF files
> on the fly from a Java Servlet using XSL-FO (XML Style Language -
> Formatting Object) -- This method in Java can also create Postscript
> documents.  (Pretty cool!)
>
> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 12:34:37PM -0400, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: >
> > 	First and foremost, PS is a page description language ...
> >  And Second, PS is a full blown programming language with
> > variables, loops, conditionals, etc.  That allows for some AMAZING
>
> > I know that I read an article in Java Pro a few months back where a
> > programmer was using a Javabased XML-code generating tool called
> > Javacc to build XML translators.  This would allow PostScript codes
> > to be translated into XML and back, simplifying maintenance and
> > comprehension.
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