X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20EB5DB7A1; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:20:46 -0400 (AST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 65358-02; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:20:44 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from fetter.org (dsl092-188-065.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.188.65]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2449EDB7EB; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:20:42 -0400 (AST) Received: from fetter.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fetter.org (8.13.4/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jAF5Kb35003231; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:20:38 -0800 Received: (from shackle@localhost) by fetter.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id jAF5KbaW003230; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:20:37 -0800 Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:20:37 -0800 From: David Fetter To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Tom Lane , Kris Jurka , pgsql-www@postgresql.org, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: 8.1 PDF Documentation. Message-ID: <20051115052036.GD25062@fetter.org> References: <18400.1131720229@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200511150513.jAF5D1e13382@candle.pha.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200511150513.jAF5D1e13382@candle.pha.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 required=5 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/90 X-Sequence-Number: 8805 On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:13:01AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Kris Jurka writes: > > > It took about two days each (run serially) on a 2xOpteron 246 using debian > > > unstable's: > > > openjade: 1.3.2-8 > > > opensp: 1.5.1/0-4 > > > docbook-dsssl: 1.79-3 > > > > BTW, the -US file sends my (rather old) copy of acroread into what > > may be an infinite loop ... I gave up waiting for it to redisplay > > after trying to scroll down the bookmarks window. Even just > > displaying successive pages is painfully slow. > > > > I suspect there's something wrong with the toolset you're using. > > I am using Acrobat 5.0 on XP and BSD/OS and it worked fine for me, > including bookmarks. It was very fast. Acrobat works beautifully for me, too. :) > I am still unclear why there is no more reliable SGML toolchain for > PDF output after all these years. Seems things have improved > because we now have bookmarks, but still, why is this functionality > not more mainstream. See, there are these tuits, and they're round, and they're a precious resource usually spent on writing and testing C code rather than on improving (and helping transition adoption of) the SGML toolchain. Maybe we can get some kind soul(s) to donate some tuits and/or pay somebody a wage for awhile to fix the toolchain etc. :) Cheers, D -- David Fetter david@fetter.org http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote!