[cairo] PDF backend: PDF trailer not written?

[Sascha Steinbiss]

Adrian Johnson wrote:
> Sascha Steinbiss wrote:
>> My question is now: is it basically possible to corrupt PDF output, 
>> especially  getting the PDF trailer dict omitted, only by drawing 
>> operations on a cairo_t without ever doing nasty things with the 
>> surface? If so, I would be glad to get some directions on how to 
>> ensure the PDF is complete.
> An incomplete PDF file is a result of an error occurring while creating 
> the PDF. You can check the surface status to find out what went wrong.
> 
> For example:
> 
>   cairo_surface_finish (surface);
>   status = cairo_surface_status (surface);
>   cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
>   printf("%s\n", cairo_status_to_string (status));

Thanks. I actually tried that before after each page and drawing 
operation set (which reported "success"), but not after the 
cairo_surface_finish() call. Doing so now reports "input string not 
valid UTF-8".

I suppose this does not refer to any text drawn via cairo_show_text()? 
Any text I draw is read from a properly UTF8-encoded file. So what 
"input string" does this message refer to, and why doesn't it seem to 
cause a problem in the older version?

Sascha

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