Re: CVS build problem: doc build fails on debian because no batik-rasterizer script

David Nebauer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.text.refdb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Markus,

> > Have you considered using 'convert' in 
> > the makefile instead of 'batik-rasterizer'?
>
>actually I thought I'd get away with using convert in the first place
>because it is the most widely utility used for image
>conversion. However, on FreeBSD the SVG conversion comes out garbled
>with both PDF and PNG output. Text strings are at the wrong places,
>the image is cropped at the left and the overall impression is
>blurred. I had to use batik-rasterizer in order to obtain satisfactory
>results. I'm right now updating my ImageMagick installation in order
>to see whether this problem has been fixed. I'd be more than happy to
>use convert instead of the arcane but good batik-rasterizer.
>


A simple fix might be to have the configure script look for 
'batik-rasterizer' and 'convert' in that order.

Regards,
David.


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