RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] PDF Creation [Was Re: surprising MacOS X 10.3features...]

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> > Thats a brilliant workaround and gets you away from the crappy
> > excuse for software that is Adobe Acrobat Writer/Distiller. That
> > POS has corrupted again on my work computer. I do have to ask,
> > though, what format equivalent do you get out of that? I must
> > admit that I've never created PDF's using ghostscript, if I want
> > PDF's, I'm usually already stuck using Windows.
> 
> One of these days when you either have nothing much to do 

The next day I will have nothing much to do will be three weeks after my funeral.

> or a 
> burning need to do something with postscript, I suggest a thorough 
> study of the available documentation on gs, ps2pdf, psutils, and 
> friends.  They can really save your life.

I'm stuck in the land of Winbl0wz lusers and their MS Office compatability issues. PS isn't likely to be a burning need anytime soon, except in the use mentioned here. We have too many users who think they need Acrobat Writer, and too few licenses for even those who actually do. Not to mention the fact that writer/distiller is crapware.

> > I did create PDFs using Perl a few times, but that was very
> > rudimentary and using a module that I didn't completely grok.
> 
> I think there are now more modules for PDF-writing, and I believe 
> there are php and pythong equivalents, too, now.  

There were two for perl that I found then, and at least one for php at the time, as thats what the list suggested I use instead. I know there are python equivalents, and more php equivalents now, but that was at my old job where I got to use *nix more often, but in a very limited way.

> On a related note, it *is* kind of weird that Adobe seems to be
> stuck having only the second or third best PDF viewer on the planet
> right now.

It is until you think about it. Adobe has gotten a big ego, and thinks it can pull an MS and quit making working software in favor of just charging on a monopoly basis. I'm hoping a reality check destroys them in the near future.

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