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16:43:02
flip214
Is there a library that can translate a SVG to an CL-PDF form, like a macro? translating a SVG to a PDF via eg. inkscape is relatively costly (in CPU terms), so directly writing a PDF would be much better
16:46:28
flip214
frodef: I can read a PDF in inkscape, and save as SVG. SVG is text-only and very similar to PS and PDF, so the typical 99% should be an easy AST => AST translation.
16:47:09
flip214
If I can get the SVG => CL-PDF transformation, I can "easily" get a PDF and write "compatible" data from CL.
16:48:37
frodef
flip214: To my knowledge, SVG is a substantial vector-graphics DOM, and "translating" to PDF I suspect is infeasible, beyond rendering to a raster image. Except perhaps a carefully selected subset of SVG.
16:52:53
flip214
and cl-pdf as well as svg have primitives like matrix-transform, text, choose font, etc. so a translation seems feasible.
17:20:41
Xach
It's not automatic, you would need to parse the paths in the SVG. But the drawing part after that is not too tricky.
17:21:12
Xach
And I'm defining "simple SVGs" as "ones the Vecto image model could support" to make it easy
17:55:41
mfiano
is it specified anywhere which accessor will be invoked? (defclass foo () ((%a1 :reader a :initform 1) (%a2 :reader a :initform 2)))
18:06:40
_death
Inline: the question is whether you're willing to bet that all implementations follow your logic
18:12:56
_death
my first thought was that if the spec had anything to say about it, it would be to signal an error
20:14:32
puchacz
jackdaniel, I started playing with ECL:) if I make it run my application, does it mean that it will be possible to create a library / executable from it?
20:17:23
puchacz
shka_: yes, I read it today for the first time, and I started playing. but I know from experience that some files are loaded in a non-standard way, e.g. sly contribs. and I sinned as well by using bare (load ) in few places.
20:18:10
puchacz
so I will need to track it all, but when I do it, you are saying there are no obstacles to creating a binary
20:19:18
puchacz
yes, save-lisp-and-die just saves everything that is in memory, no matter how it was loaded.
20:20:29
puchacz
but sly is fine too, I know how to force load all contribs. there are also programmatic calls to the compiler, I know for sure this is how web templating works (it creates functions that print out web pages)
20:21:27
puchacz
I do it in sbcl before dumping the image, so I don't need to deploy my core with template files
20:22:20
puchacz
who says there is no eval somewhere? I did not add eval (for what I remember), but it may be there somewhere :)
20:23:31
puchacz
but you say as long as it runs with "development mode" startup (with quicklisp etc), I will be able to create the right sequence of binary files.
20:26:52
puchacz
yes, I read it today for the first time. I am impressed :) and is it true that if I can make ECL run my application, there exists the right sequence of binary files that be produced to make my application binary?
20:28:48
puchacz
yes, but I can make it call all loads on startup, this is what I do for sbcl save-and-die
23:41:49
stargazesparkle
I've been reading the lisp book someone sent me a few days ago and just wow
23:42:17
stargazesparkle
It's amazing how I managed to get myself as far as I did without considering what it was I was doing or why I was doing it
1:06:44
charles`
Is there a way to ignore a package's nicknames in the local package without entering the debugger?