At 04:09 PM 12/16/98 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: >On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 10:28:30AM +0000, Sebastian Rahtz wrote: >> no. with pdfTeX you can get direct access to PDF as you >> compose the TeX. an obvious example where pdftex is needed is >> to allow breaking of links across lines and pages >But can PDF break links across pages ? -- >it's quite surprising if it can, >as it seems very page-oriented. >I thought a link had to belong to a page ? That is the point. You have to split the link into two parts before you turn it into PDF code. Which is a non-trivial exercise in TeX! Y&Y, Inc. phone: (508) 371-3286 fax: (508) 371-2004 (USA) mailto:[log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.YandY.com http://www.YandY.com/unique.htm