Le lundi 17 octobre 2005 à 05:05 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:15:06 +0200, Jon Berndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >> I do not use paper, and under Linux ( i don't know for windows ) pdf
> >> documents are unreadable ( an example is JSBSim quartely news letters)
> >> with multicolumn and graphics. It is necessary to print it.
> >
> > This is the first time I've heard that the JSBSim newsletter is  
> > unreadable under Linux. I don't believe this is universally true. Which  
> > PDF reader do you use?
> >
> > Jon
> >
> 
> 
> The problem with pdf on screen is that the page layout is FIXED like it is  
> on paper. That is why it prints more consistantly , that page layout is  
> cast in stone. If you have a smaller screen or need larger text you have  
> to scroll _horezontally_ to read the document. To all intents and purposes  
> it becomes unreadable.
> 
> Under the same conditions html reformats to fit.
> 
> So as Gerard points out , and as I did earlier , it's a case of what we  
> want , screen or paper. 

> Some older people still seem to need to print  
> everything they're going to read. 

And some old people (i am) dislike paper   :)

> Not that a correctly formatted html  
> document wont print correctly anyway.
> 
> Now if paper is taken to mean getting a book printed that's another game  
> and probably even the text would need to be presented in a different way  
> if it were for a book.
> 
> 
Well 
no comments,  everything is said and explained.

-- 
Gerard


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