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3 May 2024 01:24:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: whither POV-Ray ??  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 11 Aug 2020 12:56:45
Message: <5f32cdcd$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:46:42 -0400, Jim Henderson wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 08:31:42 +0200, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> 
>>> Text / html in the usual sort of post would be good, but also maybe
>>> exporting it to a PDF so it can be individually downloaded and
>>> archived might be a good idea as well.  It would also look pretty
>>> professional, and outside sites could link to the PDF thus generating
>>> traffic to - HERE.
>>> 
>>> 
>> PDF would be most excellent indeed. It is the medium I most often use
>> to produce and/or archive texts myself.
> 
> I don't entirely disagree, but PDF is not an open format, so from a
> "free software" perspective, would be strongly discouraged IIRC. 
> Providing it in a format that could be published in multiple formats,
> OTOH, would be a really good solution.

ePub would probably be a better choice, since that standard is completely 
open.



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