Hans Aberg writes:
 > > > This does not work with embedded links.
 > >sorry? of course it does
 >
 > That is, dvips and then ps2pdf, because neither has standrads for embedded
 > links. (Or are you claiming otherwise?)

ps2pdf implements the Adobe pdfmark syntax for PDF links. i really
dont understand what you are saying - if you take a LaTeX document,
add hyperref, pass through dvips and ps2pdf, you get PDF with
links. ok, you use dvips-specific \special commands to pass raw PS
but so what?

 > >to me, thats not a bad deal.
 >
 > But that may not suffice if the language standard is owned by Adobe, and
 > Adobe wants to have a say in its use.
 >
same as Java, PostScript, HPGL etc then. one is tempted to say "get real"

sebastian