I still think that SVG is a very good exchange format. PDF is a defacto standard that has to be supported as well to be compatible with the proprietary world and printing, but SVG, in conjunction with the upcoming printing profile and other future modules (vector effects/filters, etc.) is clearly more forward looking and easier to manipulate than PDF. Just think about XSL-FO, XML-based publishing, etc. Clearly an XML based format like SVG fits better here.
Andreas
On Monday 23 July 2007, bulia byak wrote:
On 7/23/07, momo <momo@...1935...> wrote:
Yes, EPS is actually a good candidate for the role of vector interchange format, but PDF has a big advantage: it can be multipage (and multipage documents are on the list of Inkscape future features). Also, EPS and PDF are actually postscript formats, so basically they're moreless the same...
Not really. PDF is much simpler to parse - unlike PDF it's not a "language" which is a big plus. And in recent versions, PDF got a lot of things that will never be added to PS, such as true vector transparency and even gradient meshes. So it's really a good time to leave PS/EPS behind.
OTOH the utilities that work (psutils etc.) are ps utilities and not pdf utilities. So one has to convert from pdf to ps to use them.
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