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Re: Difference between ps and pdf
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Matěj Cepl |
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Re: Difference between ps and pdf |
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Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:07:34 +0200 |
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On 2016-04-06, 10:50 GMT, Oliver Bandel wrote:
> ps2pdf relies on Ghostscript, which is
> a Postscript-interpreter. So, if Ghostscript renders
> Postscript correctly, chances are good, that the pdf will work
> too.
Yes, but PostScript is a full programming language, PDF is just
a subset.
Matěj
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