On 21 February 2005 at 10:55, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: | * Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-04 10:33]: | | > Package: octave2.1-doc | > Version: 2.1.64-3 | > Severity: wishlist | > | > could you please provide a pdf version of octave.ps.gz, because pdf is | > searchable and you can mark and copy from it. | | I am not sure we want to increase the size of the package by adding | redundant material. What is wrong with the following: | | $ gunzip -c < /usr/share/doc/octave2.1-doc/octave.ps.gz \ | | ps2pdf - /var/tmp/octave.pdf | $ xpdf /var/tmp/octave.pdf | | What do the other member of the Debian Octave Group think?
I think if you properly create the pdf from the dvi, you do in fact get better searching, indexing, thumb-size page images etc pp. Someone had filed a similar bug against one of my other packages, and I added the pdf. It is a better format. Dirk -- Better to have an approximate answer to the right question than a precise answer to the wrong question. -- John Tukey as quoted by John Chambers
