RE: Off Topic: Seeking equivalent Mozilla feature

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

--- Brian.Henderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Thanks for the heads-up. I will no longer depend too
> much on this rather ephemeral format.

Well, in the shorter term, the .mht file contents
only have to stick around long enough for me to print
the document out, should it merit this. I have some
faith in low tech solutions. Then all you need is a
good file cabinet.

> Converting web pages to PDF is not difficult. There
> are plenty of freeware apps that'll do it. The
> problem is that web pages are generally not
> formatted as 8 1/2 x 11 (or much of anything that
> conforms to non-web conventions), and PDF conversion
> will break a continuous page into print-sized
> pieces...well, the page-breaks can be very
> "unsatisfactory". Ugly breaks in the middle of
> paragraphs (sometimes parts disappear), breaks in
> the middle of graphics (more than annoying), and
> breaks in the middle of wrapped links (gives literal
> meaning to "break"). Tools that will fix or prevent
> these problems are WAY too expensive for the casual
> user.

I think you just answered Martin's question, and that
you might be referring to the full Acrobat creator
package ? That must be why even the "academic"
version goes for about 3 bills. I do have GhostView,
but have only given it the lightest use.

btw, Brian, getting back a bit more to topic, is that
project to scan the Xy manual still moving forward ?


Jordan