proposal to omit pdf generation of reference manual

i prefer the pdf format to the html format (this applies to all manuals not only to the maxima manual). i can better search in the pdf i can better print it
mfg guenter

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Datum: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:45:14 -0700
Von: "Robert Dodier" <robert.dodier at gmail.com>
An: "Maxima List" <maxima at math.utexas.edu>
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Betreff: [Maxima] proposal to omit pdf generation of reference manual

> Hello,
> 
> At present for each release a pdf version of the reference manual
> is generated from Texinfo and posted to the Maxima web site.
> I wonder if it is OK if we stop generating pdfs and not worry about
> whether pdf generation succeeds.
> 
> Pdf generation is broken at the moment (in en, es, and pt) and
> I believe it is not worth the trouble to fix it. I believe html and info
> (which are generated successfully) are better formats for the
> Maxima reference manual.
> 
> The pdf version of the manual is very large (circa 3 M) and so it is
> clumsy to browse online or download, and it has no content not
> present in the info or html versions.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Robert
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