Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] PDF or PS format for daily use?

[Digby Tarvin <digbyt@acm.org>]

In general, I think it is pretty straight forward to go from PDF
to postscript, and PDF seems easier to access for Windows users,
so if you can store a PDF file as your displayable format then
I don't think you need to also store the postscipt.

There are occasions, however, when PDF output isn't an option
and so postcript is necessary. For example, I have yet
to find a way to get TeX ducuments which include TeXdraw diagrams
into PDF without losing all the graphics. 

Does anyone know if gs or something similar is available for
windows? 

Regards,
DigbyT

On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 12:22:04PM -0200, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> On 10/24/05, John Jolet <john@jolet.net> wrote:
> > On Monday 24 October 2005 08:33, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> > Um, ps is itself proprietary.  Technically, adobe still owns the patent, don't
> > they?
> 
> Yeah, my mistake. Still, postscript was always more portable than pdf (IMO).
> 
> > > Take a look at this... PDF is the proprietary modification of ps,
> > > added some tags and some compression (that can easily be repeated with
> > > lots of advantages in any compressor). And, well, read for yourself.
> > >
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Digby R. S. Tarvin                                             digbyt@digbyt.com
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