In a previous message, Eric L. Strobel typed vigorously:
>I can't recall the last time I saw a PDF that was that devoid of graphics!
>Essentially 100% of the docs I encounter have graphics (charts, plots,
>equations, etc.) which are heavily referred to in the text. So, in the
>portion of reality that *I* inhabit, while I agree that "it's mainly about
>the data content", said 'data content' has a substantial non-text component.
The nice thing about reality is that it's different for everyone.
I wasn't assuming that all PDF documents are devoid of graphics, just the
majority of the ones that I have been party to in relation to my day to
day activities are substantially text. The text component of these
documents is the information that is most important to me, and therefore
would be the part that I'd like to have the ability to view and store on
my Newton.
>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.
Point taken. But wouldn't a text-only reader be at least a start in the
right direction? It would certainly beat the online and offline
PDF-to-text (or html) solutions that are currently at our disposal. Any
solution that is self-contained Newton-side has my vote - if for no other
reason than convenience.
Yes, I would love to see fully graphics-laden PDF rendering on my Newton,
but if one of the road blocks to a native reader is the display of the
graphics, let's veer around that issue for now and prove the basic
concept first.
g.
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