Screw Drivers and PDF Files

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "der Mouse" <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 4:08 PM


>>> [...]
>> Instead of blaming people like myself for doing it "the wrong way"
>> why don't you do it and let us judge if we like it your way.
>
> ...and all of a sudden instead of discussing PDF's actual merits or
> lack thereof, you shift to discussing whether it's popular.

For me it is simply a matter of what is most popular.  There is another 
format I would prefer to use but it doesn't have enough acceptance.

It is my wish that the documents last, the only way to do that is to use 
PDF's.

>> If we like what you are doing better then we can all stop and let you
>> do it all ;-)
>
> I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'd rather have PDFs tha
> nothing.  Documentation in a difficult-to-use format is better than no
> documentation at all.
>
> But if we're discussing the pros and cons of various formats, then it
> *is* appropriate to criticize brokennesses in the formats under
> discussion.
>
>> I'll set aside a few giga-bytes for all the manuals you scan.
>
> Only one, so far, and the directory full of bzip2ed scan files is only
> some 42 megs - and that includes the duplicates for the pages I scanned
> in greyscale and/or colour as well as lineart.
>
> ftp.rodents.montreal.qc.ca:/mouse/misc/EK-KA630-UG-001/ in case you're
> curious.
>
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A few of the documents I've created are over 10MB but post enough and use 
have many giga-bytes.


Randy
www.s100-manuals.com