Let's try this again with better (hopefully) table formatting...
Hi,
I have been trying to understand Inkscape's PS and PDF output with v0.46. It is very confusing so I thought I would summarize what I have found in a table. I tested the various ways to get PS and PDF output with: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/images/SVG_TESTS/svg_test.svg .
| Save As | Print | | Cairo | Vector | Raster# | PS | PS% PDF | PS PDF | PS PDF ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patterns | No | Wrong No | Wrong Wrong | Yes Yes Clipping | No | Wrong No | Wrong Wrong | Yes Yes Masking | No | No No | No No | Yes Yes Transparency | No | Yes Yes* | Yes Yes | Yes Yes Dashed Lines | Yes | Wrong Yes | Wrong Wrong | Yes Yes Grad/Stroke | No | Yes Yes* | Yes Yes | Yes Yes
% Crashes when run from window manager but not command line. # Only at 72 dpi regardless of DPI setting. * Displays in Acroread OK, not with Evince 0.8.2.
The "Save As" and "Print" PDF use two different Cairo routines. What is the history of this? It seems to be a bit of a waste of effort.
Tav