[DVIPDFMx] cannot include pdf page

Matthias Franz matthias at ktug.or.kr
Thu Feb 4 07:32:37 KST 2010


On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 08:43:05AM -0500, Matthias Franz wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 02:31:49PM +0100, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:
> > Since the patents have already expired, would it be possible to add
> > support for LZW compression to (x)dvipdfmx?
> 
> 1) Do we really want to implement all PDF features? LZW is not the only
> filter in the PDF specification that almost no-one uses. In fact, this
> is the first time that I hear of someone needing LZW.

I take this back. There seem to be quite a few PDF documents out there
using LZW. So it seems a good idea to me to add LZW support. Remains
the manpower problem. Help would be most welcome.
-- 
Matthias


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