Re: [GT] Writing indicators cookbook

["Robert A. Schmied" <ras AT acm.org>]

Robert A. Schmied wrote:
> kw wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 11:33 -0800, Robert A. Schmied wrote:
> >
> > > Weigert, Thomas wrote:
> > >
> > > > Attached please find the first draft of this little collection of
> > > > observations... Please provide feedback. Th.
> > >
> > >
> > > humm
> > >
> > > isn't much i'm able to do with a proprietary file like this ;-)
> > >
> > > ras
> >
> > try openoffice like me and convert it to pdf :) then use xpdf ...
>
>
> heck, if i was gonna go to all that trouble i'd at least use acroread ;-)
>
> >

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it has been pointed out to me that i may have insulted thomas with this
response. if that was the case, thomas i apologize, that wasn't my intention.
your contributions have been and continue to be very beneficial to gt
and the gt community.

however, gt is an open-source, open-format project. since there isn't
the equivalent of an acroread for .doc files many users may find it
troublesome to deal with that file format. i certainly do.

i suggest (but can be overruled by the community) that open standard
file formats be used for documentation. based solely on the past,
the preferences, in order are: ascii text, html, pdf, and postscript.

russ herrold said it rightly -- "..able to be imported into CVS,
and collaboratively authored."


aloha

ras

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