At 20:01 1998-12-15 +0100, Hans Aberg wrote:

>> > On the other hand, if the format from the beginning understands links (like
>> > PDF), there is no doubt that it will work if the format converted to also
>> > understands links

>>the PostScript which is fed to Distiller or ps2pdf understands
>>links. so there you go. read up on the pdfmark operator, if you are
>>interested

>So are you saying that pdfTeX is wholly unnecessary, as this works just as
>well?

Not sure what you are getting at.  One view of pdfTeX is that it is a shortcut.
Whether you use pdfTeX or DVI => PS => PDF you use pdfmarks to generate
links and other magic.  The issues are orthogonal.

>It seems to contradict your earlier statements about pdfTeX.

>By the way, can pdf display everything taht a WWW browser can (say
>interactive Java byte-code)?

No.  Can HTML preserve page layout and include fonts and figures all in one file?

HTML is not a replacement for PDF and PDF is not a replacement for HTML.
They serve different purposes.  You can have hypertext links in either one.

Maybe we can move this part of the discussion to comp.text.pdf where this leads to
endless threads every couple of weeks.

Regards, Berthold.

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