Re: filtering out redundant commands from x11

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On 10/23/12 23:07, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> the same is true for lua. Creating plots with 10^4  points is an
> overkill for both TeX and the PDF viewer.

I don't know the details how and when TeX is used but In relation to pdf 
I would be careful about assuming everyone reads a PDF at "fit to width" 
zoom level as you appear to do in making the statement.

I see no reason why someone would not want to create a pdf with 10^4 
points with the intention that the viewer may want to zoom in to any 
portion of the graph to examine the detail. I prefer svg for this sort 
of thing but pdf is a more ubiquitous format that will probably be used 
more often in this kind of case.

I often read papers in pdf and need to zoom in on the graphs. Sometimes 
the result is barely legible because the authors have included a poor 
resolution bitmap image which is very frustrating.

I see no, a priori reason why 10^4 points would be overkill for PDF.

regards, Peter.