Re: A C tutorial
Dan Pop wrote:
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> In <c0b9ea$3u5$3@t itan.btinternet .com> Richard Heathfield
> <dontmail@addre ss.co.uk.invali d> writes:
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>>Dan Pop wrote:
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>>> In <c02530$31g$1@t itan.btinternet .com> Richard Heathfield
>>> <dontmail@addre ss.co.uk.invali d> writes:
>>>
>>>>jacob navia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But PDF is a widely used format,
>>>>
>>>>Oh, I know, I know. That doesn't mean it necessarily /should/ be.
>>>
>>> Name one document format with a public specification that should be
>>> used instead, allowing for comparable quality of the printed output.
>>> And explain why that format should be used instead of PDF.[/color]
>>
>>Text works for me. No public spec needed; if there's anyone out there who
>>doesn't know what text is, I probably don't want to read their stuff
>>anyway.
>>
>>As for the printed output, it looks pretty good from where I'm standing.
>>If your text printout quality is low, consider investing in a better
>>printer.[/color]
>
> Show us how you can use the plain text format to display a complex
> mathematical formula or the picture of your cat (dog, whatever)
> with a quality comparable to that obtained from a PDF document.[/color]
That's tricky, because the quality obtained from PDF documents is so low.
Here's an example:
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I can't manage anything quite so bad using text, I'm afraid.
--
Richard Heathfield : binary@eton.pow ernet.co.uk
"Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999.
C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
K&R answers, C books, etc: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton
Dan Pop wrote:
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> In <c0b9ea$3u5$3@t itan.btinternet .com> Richard Heathfield
> <dontmail@addre ss.co.uk.invali d> writes:
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>>Dan Pop wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> In <c02530$31g$1@t itan.btinternet .com> Richard Heathfield
>>> <dontmail@addre ss.co.uk.invali d> writes:
>>>
>>>>jacob navia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But PDF is a widely used format,
>>>>
>>>>Oh, I know, I know. That doesn't mean it necessarily /should/ be.
>>>
>>> Name one document format with a public specification that should be
>>> used instead, allowing for comparable quality of the printed output.
>>> And explain why that format should be used instead of PDF.[/color]
>>
>>Text works for me. No public spec needed; if there's anyone out there who
>>doesn't know what text is, I probably don't want to read their stuff
>>anyway.
>>
>>As for the printed output, it looks pretty good from where I'm standing.
>>If your text printout quality is low, consider investing in a better
>>printer.[/color]
>
> Show us how you can use the plain text format to display a complex
> mathematical formula or the picture of your cat (dog, whatever)
> with a quality comparable to that obtained from a PDF document.[/color]
That's tricky, because the quality obtained from PDF documents is so low.
Here's an example:
~Iå¨~R_ß^U~Pp>Ì 7
Ô~Pì$~@Í×à·ÑNæ` ~B^SÔ~Sm^Uéúï^O ²~R~C8!»ì^@}z~Z ¬^_~G§¬õë?y+d½Ì ¬ª\ê^?¥f¨w1^R¢
·-.~I¸:^?q~RVÐð~C 2D~U,ÞC%|¢^Ròèz ©ü«`,ä½~XSÕ;óI÷ w"°^]ðXI^R^_?eqa#]¸ñÞ'åv^L6¥|
¾HQº^X^^~^ÕUõ/^VÇ~GÒpA×É=^G~H ÞZ^GÜTÌl¢6µW~L^ ^`ñ|°³^TØ~H
½C^Y¬~C©?Ëût3^U ^EçÒ^C¹1~Vþz^Qº FÙjÿ©¶~SM~Qä~X£ wÈ^Rǵ¾mH^NÝ!XH }~Ky«t0^CFTz~N¸ ðlE
cx.ÙhjAA¸$| üO?Ñ~Bìõ^S~]Y;Õ0ÆH$TECÄ~I^K 0
Þ~U¡§?Ç~WÉÙ Ê~I|"@¬~GdË^V¼¥ Á»/^Q~X^An~].Nè~V&¨ü<õY¶^A^ DѬåÎ^G~G7
FQ~M?I~L¨ÑaÇÚ^H iedJè^]^WÝâ~_~HÎ~B¨SÓ^ ^X ]¶¹ï^S~DU^G~\«%e 1o^XFã~S¡¯V
I can't manage anything quite so bad using text, I'm afraid.
--
Richard Heathfield : binary@eton.pow ernet.co.uk
"Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999.
C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
K&R answers, C books, etc: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton
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