Re: Language Creation: The International Language Construction Bulletin (working title :)) )

En réponse à Maarten van Beek <dungeonmaster@...>:

>
> Well, let's see: My fully functional Acrobat Distiller has an option
> called
> "Automatically create weblinks" which scans through the document text
> and
> creates links wherever humanly possible. So just send the file to me,
> and I
> see what I can do. As long as you put the links in a recognizable
> link-format (starts with "http://" or "mailto:"), it should work.
>
Thanks! Can it do it also with cross-references, i.e. inside-document links?
That would be nice too.

>
> If you send me the PS file, I can probably decrease the size of the
> resulting PDF file using Acrobat Distiller, with no apparent loss of
> quality. I could even a low-res and a hi-res version, I you would like
> it
> (one for printing and one for on-screen viewing).
>
I can do that too with my PDF converter, but thanks anyway for the offer. I
will send it to you to check the differences between what I get and what you
get :)) .

>
> They should. I think this list is quite reasonable, especially since
> Word is
> pretty much a standard among the common public.
>
Thanks. I'm not counting formats like Lotus (or whatever the format is called),
PageMaker, etc... but they seem rare enough, and I cannot find converters for
them :( .

>
> Wise remark! I always insist on getting unformatted text. So no columns,
> no
> page headers etc. no incorporated images, tables etc (the can be
> provided
> seperately, off course).
>
I can receive tables. All my converters seem to handle them correctly. As for
images, the WordtoTeX converter is supposed to handle them correctly (it takes
the image inserted in the file and makes it into an Encapsulated Postcript
separate file), as well as the RTFtoTeX converter, but I'm less sure about the
other converters. But just to be sure, send the images separately anyway, so
that I can repair if they make a mess :)) .

>
> You should include page headings that indicate the article. In my
> experience, this usually makes the different between a bad magazine and
> a
> (potentially) good magazine. Every single page of a journal or
> magazine
> should be formatted in such a way, that you can recognize immediately
> which
> journal it comes from and where it should go in the journal.
>
Yes, that was my intention :)) . I'm planning to copy the "(Not So Short)
Introduction to LaTeX" and adapt its beautiful headers to the Journal. Since I
have its sources, it shouldn't be difficult :)) . It will be part of my Conlang
Journal package :)) (I'm quite enjoying writing packages for LaTeX2e. It's easy
and works quite well :)) ).

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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