On 3/18/2012 4:14 PM, Brendan DeTracey wrote:
Hello,
I have been using the computeroutput element, but have a problem with
line breaks in pdf when my line is too long. In html the user can
resize the window to fit the entire line of text but pdf breaks the
line clumsily. How do other authors deal with this issue?
Thanks,
Brendan
That's the difference between pdf and html. With pdf you specify the
presentation formats on the page. With html the reading device has a lot
of control over the presentation in the window. Even the user has some
control over an html presentation, but not with pdf.
My solution? I'm currently working on converting my textbook from LaTeX
(to produce pdf) to ePub (html under the hood). The tools for the
conversion are primitive, at best. Since it's a technical book (assembly
language programming, etc.), I'm having to eliminate a lot of the nice
formatting that LaTeX allows on the printed page. But students these
days prefer electronic reading, even if it means dealing with the
problems of pdf on portable devices.
--Bob
