From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,666bab5bfbdf30c2 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!postnews.google.com!m11g2000vbs.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Shark8 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Generating PDFs with Ada Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:37:49 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <4d2908c7$0$22120$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <9f23e50a-2c2c-4ccc-bd56-f6ffdc6c7ee7@37g2000prx.googlegroups.com> <82aaj73jsr.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <9600f7e1-496b-4232-a5b8-50bc97d8dd7a@g26g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> <87tyhfgu5y.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87lj2rgkaz.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.37.147.245 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1294796274 23253 127.0.0.1 (12 Jan 2011 01:37:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: m11g2000vbs.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.37.147.245; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:17355 Date: 2011-01-11T17:37:49-08:00 List-Id: > BTW, I object to the use of Microsoft Word or any word processor for > professional documents in the first place. =A0Professional document > management requires: > > * separation of form from content (documents should not contain the > =A0 definition of styles; they should point to shared style sheets). > > * compatibility with multiple (current and future) professional version > =A0 control systems providing the ability to branch, merge and tag > =A0 versioned documents and versioned style sheets by multiple people at > =A0 the same time; the only format which in my experience has this > =A0 property is Plain Text, possibly with markup! > > * compatibility with multiple (current and future) editors and viewers > =A0 on multiple (current and future) platforms; think of legal > =A0 requirements that documents be readable 100 years from now, and the > =A0 fact that the only extant documents that have proven to have this > =A0 property are on paper, parchment or papyrus. > > * compatibility with search and indexing software. > > * compatibility with cryptographic signatures, for authentication of > =A0 documents > > * compatibility with multiple encryption algorithms, current and future, > =A0 for secrecy. Interesting, I know Wordperfect's WPD format addresses, quite well, points 1 & 3. WP has/had a file Indexer *way* before version 11, addressing point 4. As for Points 5 & 6, WP's had encryption and signing since at least version 11. Version 2 is, perhaps, the only one missing... and even that might be debatible*. And it is a stable format: "Files created in WordPerfect 6.x, through 12 are structured the same, and will hereafter be referred to as WP12 files." -- http://www.corelconnected.com/html/files/WPFF_!DocumentStructure= .htm "A key to WordPerfect's design is its streaming code architecture that parallels the formatting features of HTML and Cascading Style Sheets." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect *From my WP11 Help-file: COLLABORATING ON A DOCUMENT It is often helpful to get opinions about a document before you send it to a wider audience. You can email the document to friends, co- workers, and editors for comments. The Review Document feature lets reviewers redline, highlight, and comment on your text. Use Document Compare to gather all the selected changes. If you must keep multiple copies of the same file, use Corel Versions to archive each one for reference. COMPARING DOCUMENTS You can compare a current version of a document with an earlier version to see what changes have been made. When comparing documents, you can generate a compare summary and a list of changes. A compare summary describes the color and the attributes used to display deletions and insertions. It also lists the number of deletions, insertions, and moves that were made. The list of changes details all of the changes made in the document. When you compare and review a document, the document that contains the comparison markings is opened in review mode. For more information about reviewing documents, see "Reviewing documents." In addition, you can restore a document to the way it was before the comparison.