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Re: PDF (was Re: legOS docs - what do people want?)
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:40:09 GMT
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I like the pdf format. I have no trouble reading it either on my laptop
(800X600) or on this machine (1280X1024). I use the "fit width" option, and
have never seen the text be "too small" in either case.
It is becoming commonplace in the industry, I work for a large storage
integrator and all of our vendors distribute docs this way. There is
something to be said for familiarity, and although being non-conformist can
be fun, pdf is the way most commercial vendors are headed.
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SeeYa !
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Jim
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Hello... Is this thing on ?
Lou Sortman wrote in message <36CEF66A.F4657024@bigfoot.com>...
> Mark Tarrabain wrote:
>
> > More than a few people have emailed me already telling me that PDF is not • the way to go
> > because it will limit who can contribute to it (thank you to those • people, by the way,
> > for keeping such comments to email rather than cluttering the newsgroup • with it).
> > Since Acrobat Distiller is not a free piece of software, and isn't even • actually
> > available for some platforms, I can see their point.
> >
> > However, I still do believe that PDF is the best choice for distribution.
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> I _can_ read PDF files, but I would discourage making it the form that docs • are released
> in. I find reading PDFs to be a painful experience. My display is only • 1024x768, and at
> that resolution, reading the output of any page description language is • difficult as the
> type is terribly small, and the only alternative is panning around a page • to see all of
> the text. Most semiconductor manufacturers seem to be releasing their data • sheets in PDF,
> which, while admirable from the standpoint of portability, is really • difficult to read.
> It is great for printing, but online reading is torture.
>
> This is true on both Linux and Winders, though it would be mitigated a • little if the
> Winders box had a decent video card and could, therefore, display • antialiased fonts.
> Since the Winders box belongs to my employer (I wouldn't be running it • voluntarily), I
> can't exactly just buy a decent video card for it.
>
> I much prefer HTML (which is a markup language, not a page description • language) as the
> content is displayed in a manner which accomodates the user's environment, • instead of
> trying to display an entire letter or A4 sized page as a unit.
>
> I agree with what another poster said about PDFs not necessarily being a • problem if they
> are generated from something else which can provide other, more • user-friendly output.
> This might be an excuse for me to finally learn to use TeX.
>
>
>
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