Re: [NTLK] The Futility of a PDF reader

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_home.com)
Date: Sun Sep 09 2001 - 02:04:58 EDT


somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 9/7/01 6:25 PM, the entity known
as David Nett transmitted the following from troilus1_at_yahoo.com:

>
>
> --- Sean Luke <seanl_at_cs.umd.edu> wrote:
>> This just ain't gonna happen in a Newton.
>>
>> Sean
>
> Sean --
>
> I agree with your points completely, as far as
> the graphics go. In my mind, though, the purpose
> of a PDF viewer on a Newt is not necessarily to
> view PDFs in all their graphical splendor, but
> rather to view (at least initially) just the text
> of the PDF in a readable format.
>

But virtually all the PDFs I've read contain graphics (charts, plots,
equations, etc.) to which the text refers heavily. Having just the text of
these is almost meaningless.

- Eric.

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