Make sure you are using the new 5.0 version of ImageMagick -
the ability to use disk caching of large images is worth it in and of
itself...(not to mention all the bug fixes that have taken place!)
>If wv cannot find imagemagick it will function fine with the tiny
>subset in the magick subdir. The subset can only convert bmp to
>jpg which is necessary for the html conversion, though maybe
>unnecessary for anyone else.
Why not do bmp->png instead? That way you'll still get good
web support AND AbiWord will be happier since it already understands
PNG files...
>Things get slightly messy here. My own internal magick clone will
>need libjpeg to function correctly.
Again, since AbiWord already incorporates libPNG, this would
be another advantage to switching to PNG from JPEG.
>Also it would be nice to convert wmfs (which are vector) into a useful
>exiting vector format,I was thinking of using the plotutils to convert
>them into other formats,
I am not familiar with plotutils, what's the scoop?
>I am undecided as yet how to handle wmf from inside wv. Has abi any plans
>for supporting a particular vector format ?
>
In the meantime, ImageMagick support wmf files based on some
code from a little "hack" called wmf2gif ;).
Leonard
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