Re: [TCLUG:18109] pdf

[Justin Coyne <jcoyne@software.umn.edu>]

Oh, and remember set 
$| = 1; ## to auto flush the buffers or something like that. Trust me,
it's just a good idea.


On Wed, 24 May 2000, Justin Coyne wrote:

> We generate many pdf's dynamically, we write the postscript using perl,
> then 
> 
> open(INFILE, "<postScriptFile");
> open(DIST, "| /usr/local/adobe/AcroDist_2.1/bin/distill");
> while ( <INFILE> ) {
>   print DIST $_;
> }
> 
> Of course I believe Adobe Distiller is pay software, but that's how we
> handle it.
> 
> Justin Coyne <jcoyne@software.umn.edu>
> 
> "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of
> the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by
> violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
> 
> On Wed, 24 May 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:
> 
> > Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:
> > > 
> > > Uh, stupid q:
> > > 
> > > What a good Linux way to make pdf files?
> > 
> > Well, that depends on what your source is.  If you start off with a
> > LaTeX document that first turns into a .dvi, dvipdfm is a good
> > conversion tool.  ps2pdf doesn't work all that well, IMHO, as output is
> > usually pretty blurry and chunky (at least on screen -- it probably
> > still prints nicely).  I think there is a pdflatex program, but I'm not
> > sure if that just uses another tool to convert..
> > 
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