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<li><em>To</em>: Gary Lawrence Murphy <<A HREF="mailto:garym@canada.com">garym@canada.com</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: CD edition</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: John <<A HREF="mailto:jcj@spiretech.com">jcj@spiretech.com</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:51:09 -0700</li>
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<li><em>In-reply-to</em>: <<a href="msg02062.html">m3g0s79u02.fsf@maya.linux.ca</a>></li>
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<li><em>References</em>: <<a href="msg02038.html">Pine.LNX.4.10.10004252343090.23121-100000@bastion.hugo.vanderkooij.org</a>><<a href="msg02058.html">00042619555001.01229@charles</a>></li>
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At 04:19 PM 4/27/00 -0400, you wrote:
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>We _need_ to have
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> 1) SGML sources so recipients can learn to participate
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> 2) HTML so recipients can build mirror sites and browse
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> especially at trade shows and so that blind users
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> and other special needs can access the docs
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> 3) PDF so recipients can print beautifully formated editions
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>ASCII does not really add anything except that it makes it easier to
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>scan documents with glimpse or to use rememberance-agent; that second
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>one (RA) is reason enough for me to want to include ASCII if it can be
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>automated.
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>There is no need to include postscript since PDF is identical in every
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>respect and is more portable.
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> j> windows world reads very well html (Internet explorer is not so
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> j> bad it can't read our html!)
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>You cannot read a 200 page document on a CRT-based browser. You can,
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>but you will go blind (and your palms will get hairy) There is ample
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>psychophysiological evidence that your critical perception and
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>retention is serious impared by back-lit displays; this is why we
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>expect more intellectual stimulation from the cinema than we do from
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>television. A _printable_ version, pretty enough to be handed out
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>proudly, and which bundles its own fonts within each document, is
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>absolutely essential.
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I have to agree completely. No way would I be willing to read a full text
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on a computer screen. Besides, what if a user has a Linux box but doesn't
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have it fully functional yet? Not only does there need to be at least one
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version of the doc that makes a lovely, readable printout, but wherever
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practical, the docs should be available in book format for purchase. I have
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had several people comment to me that they prefer to go to the bookstore
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and buy a manual rather than fumble around on the net trying to find the
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answer to a question.
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I do short-run book publishing and have considered doing some of the docs.
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If someone else wants to create a web site and handle the sales, I can do
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the publishing and shipping. I can produce a paperback book as
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professionally printed and bound as any Linux book you find in the
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bookstores, and at very reasonable prices. This would give users all the
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options. It should be possible to sell the books at prices lower than
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currently available commercial Linux books, and still have enough to pay a
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little profit to the authors, to the LDP, and publisher.
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<li><strong><a name="02064" href="msg02064.html">Re: CD edition</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Francois-Rene Rideau <fare@tunes.org></li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="02038" href="msg02038.html">Re: CD edition</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Hugo.van.der.Kooij@caiw.nl</li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="02058" href="msg02058.html">Re: CD edition</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> jdd <jdanield@dodin.net></li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="02062" href="msg02062.html">Re: CD edition</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@canada.com></li></ul></li>
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