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Re: Qtf->Pdf simplified [message #38499 is a reply to message #38498]

Thu, 20 December 2012 16:54

mirek
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lectus wrote on Thu, 20 December 2012 09:26

BTW... is there any way to import PDF files as QTF?

Unfortunately, no, for two reasons:

PDF is basically vector graphics format, while QTF is rich text format - they are not even meant to express the same thing. QTF->PDF is something like typesetting glyphs into graphics.

Means, PDF could only be rendered into something graphical. Painter (and Painting) would be a good target for that, as it matches PDF quite well. Unfortunately, nobody cared to write that code so far, and for a good reason too - PDF is quite complicated.

Note that basically the same thing applies to SVG too, in that case we do yet have QTF->SVG path yet. In fact, we are missing Painter->PDF and Painter->SVG etc... too Sad

It is planned in general roadmap, but too costly to implement (I think about 1 month for Painter->PDF, Painter->SVG, 2 months for SVG->Painter, more for PDF->Painter).

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