Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re:Format for Busby (was: The Navy Speaks: Busby is Public Domain)

[Alex Wolfe <awolfe_98@yahoo.com>]

Let's not overlook postscript either.  There exist a
great many free tools, converters to/from pdf.  Also
converters for html, plain text, and for your formulas
you can write stuff up in LaTeX and then convert it to
postscript.  If I'm not mistaken, pdf is nothing but
an extension of postscript with compression built in
(so it's far easier for Adobe to protect and license
their IP).

--- "Michael B. Holt" <mholt@richmond.edu> wrote:
> D. Blake wrote:
> > 
> > I agree, .pdf sounds like a good way to go.   The
> reader is free for those
> > who land on the site and want to read it; however,
> the writer is not, and
> > will require a cash outlay if you do not have a
> copy.
> 
> I hear Corel's new version of WordPerfect will have
> a PDF writer.
> Yet another excuse to buy it!
> 
> We should be thinking of a standard format for
> documents, anyway.
> I tried to send a file about paddle wheels (yes,
> paddle wheels)
> and found that DOC wouldn't permit reproduction of
> mathematical
> notation.
> 
> 
> Mike


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