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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham 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,UTF8 Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder2.cambriumusenet.nl!feeder3.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!193.141.40.65.MISMATCH!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!npeer-ng0.de.kpn-eurorings.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Generating PDFs with Ada Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:45:45 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <4d2908c7$0$22120$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <9f23e50a-2c2c-4ccc-bd56-f6ffdc6c7ee7@37g2000prx.googlegroups.com> <82aaj73jsr.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <7a048419-1126-45b2-bfa9-26f3ad6e480e@fu15g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: UTuHy9rq3pRf1b0J6/05DQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.00 (Win32) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:17409 Date: 2011-01-15T18:45:45+01:00 List-Id: Le Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:04:08 +0100, Elias Salom=C3=A3o Helou Neto = a =C3=A9crit: > Now, for automatic document generation, both from practical and > technical viewpoints, there is no chance for .rtf/.doc/.odt > against .tex as an intermediate format for generating .pdf. Sorry if > this will sound a little bit harsh, but anyone who would choose one of= > the three former against the latter, simply doesn't know what is > doing. I understand the advocacy, but you still need a source for the document.= = PDF is not a source, and TeX/LaTeX are neither good for that purpose (no= = more than RTF is), added the already pointed fact of lack of real suppor= t = for Unicode (unless you use the 1GB install of an application I forget t= he = name) which is a must-have for many text based work (especially if you = need multiple languages in the same document, like Arabic + French, = Japanese + Italian, and so on). This is not readable neither. Better XML as source than TeX/LaTex there. Some document model exist for= = math notations, and anyway, the nature of XML allow you to write a = document without even the need for a document model reference (you may = rely on good tag name and not too much obfuscating attributes). About MS Office document in administrations, at least in france, PDF is = = every where. I receive e-mail bills in PDF, and all official documents y= ou = can order on-line on administration's web sites, are PDF (do not know fo= r = other countries, while pretty sure it's the same in all of the Europe). About PDF now: I remember when it appears in the 199Xs, this was an ogre= , = consuming too much CPU power and memory. This was best used for printing= = than for on-screen reading (the HD was scrapping and grinding as much as= = you were scrolling your document). Word documents, on the opposite, was = = opening fast and with fluidity. This may explain why MS Word document wa= s = the first favorite at that time. Later and now, with memory and CPU spee= d = increases (I hope 1GHz CPU and 1GB memory is at last enough to open a PD= F = smoothly), PDF become more usable for on-screen reading (this is planned= = to be one of the favorite format for e-Books). Just to say there are reasons for why things was what they use to be (on= = both parts of the trial). -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens. =E2=80=9CI am fluent in ASCII=E2=80=9D [Warren 2010]