Randy McMurchy wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand what is wrong with the PDF output.
> How does this differ from HTML output? They both are simply
> a link that you click on with your mouse. If you're reading
> *either* from hard-copy, you can't determine what the link
> is (using your method proposed above). Why does PDF need to
> be different?
> 
> I suppose I don't understand what you are trying to propose
> for the PDF links (or why they must be different than the HTML).

I just downloaded the 6.1 version of the pdf.  In page 52 (54th physical
page):

"Refer to ../../../../lfs/view/stable/chapter07/bootscripts.html for
more information on the LFS-Bootscripts package."

IMO, pdfs are designed for printing on paper for reading offline with
optional annotating by the reader.  That sort of link is not appropriate
for a printed document.

I guess I had a misunderstanding how links were rendered in pdf
documents.  I thought they were something like:

text of link (url of link)

I think they should be that way and I'm pretty sure I saw them that way
in some pdf documents.

That said, this shouldn't take our time right now.  pdf is not our
primary medium.  I think we might be able to handle this at the
appropriate time with some clever xslt processing though.

  -- Bruce
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