GreenDust@lemmings.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoSave as PDFlemmings.worldimagemessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up1481arrow-down17
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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoPDF is still shit, despite being open. Even a “minimal” viewer like mupdf has to carry a 100MB library with it. Interpreting them is arcane knowledge.
minus-squareBartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoOh I agree, I’m not saying that PDF is some sort of document format perfection. But it is a fully open one with a spec that fits in 250 pages, as opposed to docx’s 7500(!!) page spec with undocumented binary blobs mixed in.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoMeanwhile, Commonmark… whoa, still 126 pages printed as pdf, with all edge cases. Though they do want to be well-specified.
PDF is still shit, despite being open. Even a “minimal” viewer like mupdf has to carry a 100MB library with it. Interpreting them is arcane knowledge.
Oh I agree, I’m not saying that PDF is some sort of document format perfection. But it is a fully open one with a spec that fits in 250 pages, as opposed to docx’s 7500(!!) page spec with undocumented binary blobs mixed in.
Meanwhile, Commonmark… whoa, still 126 pages printed as pdf, with all edge cases. Though they do want to be well-specified.