[texhax] Making URLs live (fwd)
Michael Barr
barr at math.mcgill.ca
Mon Aug 3 15:13:45 CEST 2009
Just for the record, I use the Adobe reader.
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
> On 2 August 2009 Michael Barr wrote:
>
> > I will try pdflatex.
>
> This is certainly the best thing you can do. But be aware that not
> all PDF viewers support everything. If in doubt, use Adobe Reader.
>
> pdftex produces valid PDF, at least. This is all it can do. Many PDF
> viewers only support a subset of the PDF (ISO 32000) standard.
>
> I say this because Steve tested different viewers. This shouldn't be
> necessary because if a particular viewer doesn't support hyperlinks,
> for example, then neither pdftex nor dvips can provide a workaround.
> They both just produce valid PDF and that's all they can do. It's
> suffficient to use Adobe Reader for testing.
>
> Regards,
> Reinhard
>
>
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