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Posted to fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org by Jeremias Maerki <de...@greenmail.ch> on 2005/09/01 19:00:19 UTC
Re: FOP extension to output custom PostScript instructions
You got me thinking about extensions, Finn. I've written down my
thoughts in the Wiki [1]. I don't have time to implement the full extent
of my ideas right now, but I think I'll try to implement the PS
extensions in the way I outlined them on that page. If anyone wants more
information I can add some more detailed information on how I imagine to
implement this stuff. Additional thoughts welcome.
[1] http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ExtensionPoints
On 31.08.2005 00:32:17 Finn Bock wrote:
> >>[Jeremias on <fox:ps-> extensions]
> >>
> >>
> >>>Anybody opposed to my adding this? ...
> >>
> >>Not at all, but I assume that you ask because it can't be added as an
> >>extension that is completely seperated from FOP. That you have to make
> >>changes to FOP sources in order to add it.
> >
> > Yes, that's true.
> >
> >>And that is IMO a bit of a failure of FOP and the renderer design.
>
> [Jeremias]
>
> > Why do you think this is a design failure?
>
> I would like if anybody, not just FOP comitters, could add such usefull
> features to FOP. And it is mostly the renderers that can't be extended
> by dynamicly loaded extensions.
>
> regards,
> finn
Jeremias Maerki