[PLUG] What's with 'nppdf32Log' and acroread 9?

[Rigel Hope]

http://www.iso.org/iso/home/news_index/news_archive/news.htm?refid=Ref1141

can you please point out the ways in which Adboe's version differs
from the ISO version?

thanking in advance.

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:10 PM, wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:
> hmmm I'm pretty sure I meant facto.
>
> "PDF" is the de jure standard, Acrobat's special variety is the de facto
> standard.
>
> de jure means "by the rules" while de facto means "in fact" (implying
> "despite the rules, this is the reality of the situation")
>
> thankfully, this is changing, albeit slowly.
>
> -wes
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Rigel Hope <gnu at rigelhope.org> wrote:
>
>> s/facto/jure/
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:48 PM, wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rigel Hope <gnu at rigelhope.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "...they are designed specifically to be displayed by other adobe
>> >> products..."
>> >>
>> >> There are so many PDF creators, some of which follow the ISO
>> >> specifications (
>> >>
>> http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51502
>> >> and related), some of which dont very well, that i don't think that
>> >> this statement makes much sense.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > creators as in software applications which can be used to create PDFs?
>> sure.
>> >
>> > creators as in people who create PDFs? most of them use adobe products to
>> > create them. most of those who don't, use products tailored to create
>> PDFs
>> > for viewing by acrobat reader.
>> >
>> > that said, even if it is still more than half, this number is dwindling
>> > steadily as other large organizations take on adobe's de facto standard.
>> > apple and google have written PDF viewers that are not entirely lame.
>> >
>> > -wes
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