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[S] Re: gif/jpeg device in S-Plus for Unix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andreas Krause)
Wed Jul 28 08:29:07 1999
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:24:46 +0200
From: Andreas Krause <Andreas.Krause@genedata.com>
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Summarizing what I received as answers, about ten people would very much like
GIF and JPEG device drivers, but there was no reaction as to why they are not
there.
I received several proposals on different types of conversion from
PostScript, but that's not the point. This solution relies on third party
tools, creates an overhead by going from PS to JPEG or GIF and maybe
something else in between, and it potentially introduces new problems.
It's just striking that the drivers differ so much between S-Plus for Windows
and Unix.
Andreas Krause wrote:
>
> Is there an obvious reason why S-Plus for Unix does not have GIF and JPEG
> output capabilities? I know about charges for using the GIF format, however,
> S-Plus for Windows has these capabilities.
> Just wondering.
>
> andreas krause
>
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