tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771631636333583067.post5392914784860990209..comments2023-12-21T19:27:28.433-08:00Comments on Machines Plus Minds: Converting PDF to SVG, that doesn't suckMark Atwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547843054590220545noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771631636333583067.post-72395317744019520902011-06-08T16:50:39.969-07:002011-06-08T16:50:39.969-07:00Slightly less facetiously, did you try that comman...Slightly less facetiously, did you try that command all in one line, or did you put the backslashes in? Backslashing to break lines is a UNIXism, that doesnt work on WIndows.Mark Atwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547843054590220545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771631636333583067.post-68993154126655656282011-06-08T16:47:06.506-07:002011-06-08T16:47:06.506-07:00Albert, source and solution to your problem is con...Albert, source and solution to your problem is contained entirely inside the clause before the first comma in your comment.<br /><br />Do this on a Linux box. You probably have a VM manager like VMware or Virtual Box on your XP machine, so the "Linux Box" could just be a VM on your own machine.Mark Atwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547843054590220545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771631636333583067.post-42300035269024149702011-04-04T22:49:29.004-07:002011-04-04T22:49:29.004-07:00On Windows XP Pro SP3, using the gswin32c.exe comm...On Windows XP Pro SP3, using the gswin32c.exe command line interpreter, this spewed out a great number of messages in the command line window, printed a page with an XML header on it, and immediately began printing blank pages as fast as it could. I had to switch my printer off to get it to stop.<br /><br />Until somebody ports David Barton's pdf2svg to Windows, I'll stick with my current method: render everything in 300-DPI TIFF. Crude, but memory is cheap.<br /><br />If you have a better suggestion, please post it here; I'd be thrilled to read it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08437356415466541540noreply@blogger.com