Anyone ever used PrintJobPlugin?

Bert Freudenberg bert at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
Fri Aug 8 09:51:23 UTC 2003


Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:

> Bert Freudenberg <bert at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de> wrote:
> 	Of course. I was thinking floats, but fixed point integers could do 
> 	nicely, too (perhaps 16.16? That would give as +-100 meters range with 
> 	better than micrometer resolution). It's just that I think giving people 
> 	a fixed reference is important, and reusing the PS definition is better 
> 	than inventing our own.
> 	
> How about the really, REALLY obvious one?  The units used by TeX?
> Used successfuly on everything from 16-bit 640k DOS to supercomputers
> and useful for a wide range of output devices, yet fitting within a
> reasonable range of integers.

I don't think that's obvious at all (even though I'm an avid TeXian). If 
we do not use PS points, the only other reasonable option IMHO would be 
meters. Or micrometers if we prefer integers. Go 21st century ;-)

-- Bert



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