[DOC-SIG] Library reference SGML plan / size of supplied docu mentation

[Richard Folwell]

Sorry, "we" in this context meant "RedBox Technologies".  I was
referring to the factors that affected our decision for an application
distributed on CD.  Apologies if this has resulted in a red herring.
For Python I think that PostScript is better (produces, to my eye,
better quality printouts).

Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Guido van Rossum [SMTP:guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 19, 1997 2:38 PM
> To:	doc-sig@python.org
> Subject:	Re: [DOC-SIG] Library reference SGML plan / size of
> supplied documentation
> 
> > From: Richard Folwell <richardf@redbox.net>
> 
> > Overall I prefer Postscript, but PDF has the big 
> > practical advantage that we can distribute a viewer with it, whereas
> many 
> > people are not in a position to view/print Postscript [2].
> 
> Really?  If we distribute HTML for online viewing, does PDF still
> have any advantages over PostScript for printing?  I've rarely had
> complaints about the PostScript I've been distributing so far.  Having
> to dwonload the viewer is actually a deterrent for those people who
> haven't already got one.
> 
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
> 
> 

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