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