[XeTeX] xdv2pdf (was Re: embolden bugs)

[Jonathan Kew]

On 18 Mar 2008, at 10:19 am, Jjgod Jiang wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>> QuickTime is also available for MS platforms – why not integrate
>> QuickTime support/use into xdvipdfmx?
>
> I'm afraid QuickTime/Win32 is a completely different thing compared
> with QuickTime/Mac, it's more a product than a framework.  
> Documentation
> is lacking too. Besides, I think xdvipdfmx should be portable to all
> Unix platforms, most of them don't have QuickTime, so some portable
> libraries may be more appropriate.

I agree.

Besides, QuickTime on W32 wouldn't really help with getting the  
images into the PDF, the way using QT + CoreGraphics works in xdv2pdf.

JK