Re: Free Ruby eBook

In article <b1v8xns3ewe.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nelu <spamahead@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
blmblm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <blmblm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

In article <b1vd5d4swgg.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nelu <spamahead@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
blmblm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <blmblm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

[snip]
I've been moving my own Web-published stuff from PostScript to PDF,
in the assumption that the latter was more likely to be viewable to
people on all platforms. Going back to PostScript -- I'd think it
would be polite to tell people what to do if their computers don't
know what to do with a .ps file? Advice? I seem to remember that
there *are* free-of-charge PostScript viewers for most popular
platforms, but I suspect most Windows users won't have one installed
and so would need to be pointed to .... what?


I think it depends on what you are using to create pdfs. If you use
ps2pdf or pdflatex there shouldn't be any problem reading your pdfs
with any reader. The same goes for OpenOffice.org.


Thanks, but that really wasn't my point -- I was thinking more
along the lines of "how can I help make PostScript a more widely-used
format?"

Ok, I guess I missed the point. I know of only one viewer for Windows
(GSView). Who do you want to make it more popular for, everybody or
students and scientists?


Good question. Probably "students and scientists" covers almost all
people who would be likely to have an interest in what I Web-publish,
but if switching from PDF to PostScript is meant as a political
statement of sorts, then I guess the answer is "everybody".

Only one viewer for Windows, huh? Wow. Well, one is enough,
I guess, and that makes it easy ....

--
B. L. Massingill
ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: difference in output between postscript and pdf terminal
    ... Included plots are in eps, ... I use pdfLaTeX to generate pdf. ... And sometimes I need postscript output, for whatever reason, so I too want my source to be compatible between latex and pdflatex. ... same output for all terminals. ...
    (comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot)
  • Re: difference in output between postscript and pdf terminal
    ... I use pdfLaTeX to generate pdf. ... the LaTeX path with postscript in-/output. ... If we now take the gnuplot scripting language: ... to be correct in ALL output formats. ...
    (comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot)
  • Re: HP 4MP printer driver current?
    ... Incidentally, which version of Mac OS X is your older iMac G4 running, ... I upgraded the HP printer drivers but that didn't change ... Mac OS X uses PDF internally as the intermediate form of print output ... Postscript rather than genuine Adobe Postscript, ...
    (comp.sys.mac.system)
  • Re: PostScript Files
    ... I require a positive film for silkscreening the front ... I'm afraid that in using a PDF file ... >Sounds like you already have Acrobat Distiller. ... >There's your PostScript printer. ...
    (microsoft.public.publisher)
  • Re: HP 4MP printer driver current?
    ... Incidentally, which version of Mac OS X is your older iMac G4 running, ... Mac OS X uses PDF internally as the intermediate form of print output ... The LaserJet 4 series was one where HP used an emulation of ... Postscript rather than genuine Adobe Postscript, ...
    (comp.sys.mac.system)