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On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:18:01 +0200 |
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Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote: |
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> > The people who wrote PMS should be able to make the decision |
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> > for themselves(as they will be maintaining it) as to what language |
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> > to use. |
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> The main point being using latex prevents people from modify it. |
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Are you seriously suggesting that hypothetical contributions we might |
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receive from people who hypothetically might contribute if only we used |
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XML instead of Latex outweigh all the extra work XML requires? |
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> > You don't *have* to read PMS in LaTeX, |
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> > which by the way makes my eyes bleed somewhat, you can read it in a |
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> > very well done PDF. |
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> The pdf renders poorly on xpdf due the fonts latex has, usually I'd |
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> rather have plain text anyway. |
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The PDF spec requires that PDF readers have certain fonts available, |
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and those're the fonts we're using. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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