At 14:10 +0000 1998/12/14, Sebastian Rahtz wrote: >do you really want to open this can of worms? :-} Here we go... :-) >many people will reply that "xdvi is the best viewer I know" or "i can't get >acrobat for my platform". but are those "advantages of dvi" I think that Netscape comes with a PDF plugin, for inline PDF displays. At 08:54 -0600 1998/12/14, Randolph J. Herber wrote: >If one remains with the almost universal Apple LaserWriter basic 13 fonts >and the TeX bitmapped fonts, then the files are more portable than when >Adobe PDF is used. I do not think one is required to include the fonts in PDF; at XXX, one can even choose what fonts one wants to use (Mac PS CM or regular CM). >An Adobe PDF can not be repaired readily with the >usual UNIX command line tools; most Adobe PostScript files can be repaired >by such means.. I think there is a binary PS, too, which would be as difficult to repair as any other binary format... At 08:57 -0600 1998/12/14, Randolph J. Herber wrote: >|...my .tex files compile into PDF, thanks... >Address that problem by using dvips and then ps2pdf, or dvipdf, if it exists. This does not work with embedded links. Clearly the disadvantage with PDF is that it is a commercial product, and that it is somewhat too primitive to be used as a WWW-bytecode standard. Hans Aberg * Email: Hans Aberg <mailto:[log in to unmask]> * Home Page: <http://www.matematik.su.se/~haberg/> * AMS member listing: <http://www.ams.org/cml/>