[DVIPDFMx] New specials and PGF version 2.00 support
Jin-Hwan Cho
chofchof at ktug.or.kr
Thu Jun 5 16:18:45 KST 2008
Today, I uploaded a new code supporting PGF version 2.00 with dvipdfmx.
To do this, new DVI specials were required:
1. \special{pdf:bcontent} ... \special{pdf:econtent}
Its role is the same as \special{pdf:content}. These specials make it
possible
to assume that the coordinate is relative (not absolute) inside the
special.
However, the new special supports text too.
2. \special{pdf:code ...}
It is an abbreviation of \special{pdf:literal direct ...}.
3. \special{pdf:stream @object_name (input_string) << additional_dict
>>}
Its role is the same as \special{pdf:fstream}. The difference is that
the new
special read the content from the input string not from an external
file.
4. \special{pdf:exobj << additional_dict >>}
For these specials, I uploaded the PGF driver for DVIPDFMx and a patch
file
in the contrib/generic directory. The recommended usage is as follows:
\usepackage[dvipdfmx]{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\input{pgfsys-dvipdfmx-patch}
You can see the PGF manual, version 2.00 generated by DVIPDFMx. The
file size was reduced from 3.7M to 2.3M (by Matthias' work!)
Any comment is welcome.
Best regards, ChoF.
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