GNU bug report logs - #62713
29.0.60; DocView shows wrong conversion indicator when configured to use svg images

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Message #14 received at 62713 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62713 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Gregor Zattler <grfz <at> gmx.de>
Subject: Re: bug#62713: 29.0.60; DocView shows wrong conversion indicator when
 configured to use svg images
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 01:20:35 -0700

Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com> writes:

> It is better solved by writing a separate pdf->svg converter function.
> Right now, the svg conversion is tacked on top of pdf->png converter
> function used for MuPDF.  This was done because I thought only MuPDF
> supported pdf->svg conversion but later I was informed that poppler has
> utilities to do too.
>
> Such a generic approach was discussed in [1] with the other Stefan but
> it fell off my radar since I rarely use docview and hence lost my
> motivation.  I will try to whip something up in the coming week.

Sounds good!  Thanks for working on this.

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