[Doc-SIG] Issues with 2.1 doc PDF files
Guido van Rossum
guido@digicool.com
Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:26:56 -0500
> Would you *like* to be able to read the Python PDF version onscreen,
> or is one of the other versions preferable for you?
I would surmise that for almost everybody, HTML wins big over PDF
onscreen, and PDF wins big over HTML for printing. Soon, I bet we
won't have to distribute PostScript any more, because everyone can use
PDF for printing. But for on-screen viewing, the pagination of PDF
quickly gets annoying. This is quite independent from the content,
and applies to any kind of documentation, not just Python's.
Now, some *producers* of information prefer to only give you PDF even
for on-screen viewing, because it gives them more control over fonts
and lay-out. Occasionally (e.g. with detailed drawings where zooming
in is actually useful) I see the point, but usually browsing PDF just
annoys me.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)