Date:	Sun, 16 Jun 2002 13:04:27 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Andrew Cottrell wrote:

> 1) Do we need to supply all the different doc formats considering the vast
> majority of DJGPP users have either MS-DOS/FreeDOS or Windows?

They are all useful under certain circumstances, and producing them 
requires several large packages.

> 2) I do not think we need to include PDF as PDF is only readable on Windows
> (not MS-DOS or FreeDOS)

There's a version of Acrobat reader for MS-DOS (though I've never used 
it).

> and I don't know any Windows user who cannot read a HTML file.

PDF prints better, and generally looks better (I'm using the PDF output 
as a means of previewing the printed version of the manual).

> 3) Now for printing PS is used to send to a PS printer (or ghostscript aka
> Windows). How many people have a PS printer and don't have Windows?

The interesting question is: how many people have a PS printer, period ;-)

PS printers are very expensive, but if you're a PS freak, you'll buy one 
even for DOS (I have ;-).

> 4) Does anyone use DVI?

DVI is required to reproduce any of the other formats (PDF, PS) in case 
you want to change something in how the printed copy looks (like change 
the paper format), and for additional formats such as LJ4 or to print 
only specific pages.

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