Bug#293562: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#293562: octave2.1-doc: Provide a pdf version

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 21 February 2005 at 10:55, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
| * J=F6rg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> [2005-02-04 10:33]:
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| > Package: octave2.1-doc
| > Version: 2.1.64-3
| > Severity: wishlist
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| > could you please provide a pdf version of octave.ps.gz, because pdf=
 is
| > searchable and you can mark and copy from it.
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| I am not sure we want to increase the size of the package by adding
| redundant material.  What is wrong with the following:
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|     $ gunzip -c < /usr/share/doc/octave2.1-doc/octave.ps.gz \
|       | ps2pdf - /var/tmp/octave.pdf
|     $ xpdf /var/tmp/octave.pdf
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| 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

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