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Greetings mail-forum-merge,

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1. GNU PDF
Published Nominee by richard
[ http://kwlug.org/node/568 ]

The GNU PDF project [1] is developing a free, high-quality and fully
functional set of libraries and programs that implement the PDF file
format and associated technologies to the coming ISO standard, ISO
32000.
Why?  Isn't PDF support "fine"?
According to José Marchesi, quoted by Bruce Byfield [2] missing or
incomplete features in Free Software PDF implementations include:
"interactive features (forms, annotations), the management of embedded
contents (sounds and movies), execution of JavaScript to perform forms
validation, 3-D artwork, accessibility, Web capturing, [and]
management of document collections."
Contributions page for GNU PDF:
https://www.fsf.org/donate/directed-donations/gnupdf.html


I occasionally get irritated at all the candy going into PDF. Just let
 me open the flippin' manual to get that answer 'I need right now!'

I almost read the 'why' as an equivalent to an internet browser,
particularly as it expands to understand more types of content.
Thankfully Firefox let's you block ads, motion, sound, and flash (I
think).


Where / how do open standards / OpenDoc / PDF fit into the world? Do
they duplicate? Are they different?