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FOP's Batik transcoders
The FOP projects provides the following transcoders (output format support for Batik):
PDF Transcoder
{ { { PostScript } } } Transcoder
EPS Transcoder (planned)
The source code can be found in HEAD of FOP's CVS module.
Release plan
The PDF transcoder is almost ready to be released. The { { { PostScript } } } transcoder has only recently been setup and isn't ready, yet.
Task list for the release
(open, JM) Add a special JAR to the build process that contains all dependencies (ex. Avalon Framework classes)
(open) Tag CVS
(open) Check and update documentation
(open) Make sure the transcoders are advertised on the Batik site
Development notes
General tasks
(open) Build a good environment for testing.
(open) The package structure may need to be reworked. The PDF transcoder is in org.apache.fop.svg, the PS transcoder in org.apache.fop.render.ps.
PDF transcoder
Tasks
type 1 PDF patterns don't work (blank output)
{ { { PostScript } } } transcoder
Tasks
Stroke widths are wrong, need fixing
Bitmap support
EPS transcoder
Will be based on the { { { PostScript } } } transcoder.