proposal to omit pdf generation of reference manual

I also prefer the pdf version to the html version for many (not all)
purposes.  If I want to print a small section, say pages 20-45, of a
document,  I can do this with a few mouse clicks in pdf.   AFIK, with
html it seems that I have to print page by page.

BTW, a google search shows that there are some html to pdf programs.
I haven't tried any of them.

-sen

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On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, Guenter Nowak wrote:

> 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
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> 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>
> CC:
> 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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