On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:38:49PM +0100, cedric GEMY wrote:
Nice to find that, but i just wonder why a multipage would only be export in separate EPS files and not also in PDF why would allow to do nice Presentations wih Inskcape.
I'd initially written it for PDF, but since PDF is currently done as an external extension and since the PDF conversion process is in such a state of flux, I figured it would be more approachable to have them just hook it in with the Postscript exporter that's been in the codebase a long time. I figure it's better for the student to focus on the page management functionality, not on the export complexities. With the page support in place, I assume those working on the PDF, etc. export formats can hook it in subsequently.
Also, while I only looked very briefly into this feature, I am a little concerned that the notion of adding multiple pages could potentially cause a lot of breakage throughout, depending on how it's implemented. For instance, how do groups of objects on different pages work? Anyway, so maybe this might end up as just a proof of concept patch, that only works in a very limited subset of cases. But, even at that, it would give us a solid starting point to build from.
Bryce