Re: Boreanesian in the Web (was: Why Triggers?)

En réponse à Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...>:

> (Note that I'm just providing points against points against PDFs, but
> I'd
> rather have HTML and PDF, not just PDF.)
>
I'd rather have only HTML, if I can choose.

>
> But that doesn't work with Opera. Indeed, it never even makes it
> obvious
> that there's going to be a problem with viewing it. At least all PDF
> viewers will work with embedded fonts.
>
I've had problems reading some PDF-files which seemed not to show correctly on
my computer, while they seemed to show well on other computers. Most of them
used Unicode or something (and yet, my computer has Unicode). I must say I
don't understand why there's a problem, but still it's there.

>
> One doesn't have to purchase Acrobat to create PDFs. There are many
> free
> ways to do it (for example, PDFTeX if you use TeX or printing it to a
> PS
> then using a PS > PDF converter, many of which are freely available on
> the
> Internet.
A free Word-to-PDF converter? I never heard of any. Moreover, the PS-files
created by Word are not standard PS, so you need a converter WPS>PS. IIRC they
exist free only with Unix and Linux systems.

>
> Isn't everywhere in the Netherlands near The Hague? Tiny overpopulated
> European countries...
>
Den Haag-Eindhoven: 1h15 minutes of train.
Den Haag-Groningen: 3h of train (approximately the same time as Den Haag-Paris,
but in that case there is the high-speed train :) ).

That's not what I call "near". Of course, each country has it's own point of
view.

Christophe.

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