[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-721160 ] Acrobat Reader 5 compatibility

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Bugs item #721160, was opened at 2003-04-14 17:12
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Acrobat Reader 5 compatibility

Initial Comment:
I read the comment about Adobe admitting that it can't print the 
Python documentation is their fault, but as the bug doesn't seem to 
get fixed, is there any workaround that we could make?

Especially on MacOSX you have the problem that there is no Acrobat 4 
that you can use (unless you want to run it under Classic), and it 
seems a bit silly to have all this beautiful documentation that people 
then can't print...

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>Comment By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Date: 2003-04-14 17:44

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I have been in contact with two other people about this bug,
here is an extract from some conversation we had.  I'll be
happy to mail Fred his email adress, don't want to post it
here on the web.


> * From all I read, it seems that Fred Drake is convinced
the problem
> is an Acrobat bug, while you seem to have a good case it's
actually
> a problem in python.sty. At this point, contacting the
Python guys

Well, there is a bug in Acrobat Reader, but recent pdftex
versions
have a workaround for it. It might be that this is a different
problem.

> is appropriate - it would be great if you want to help here.

Yes, I'll do this next week.

> * About \url: actually I was suprized to see that urls
don't work
> as a link from my Acrobat (though I think I have a weblink
set up
> properly) - can that be related to the issue you describe?

It seems python.sty defines its own \url command which
apparently
used to create hyperlinks, but as it was tailored to very
specific
pdftex (and hyperref) versions, it breaks now.

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