[Haskell-cafe] Re: PDF generation?

Ivan Miljenovic ivan.miljenovic at gmail.com
Mon Jun 7 20:32:08 EDT 2010


On 6 June 2010 00:37, Maciej Piechotka <uzytkownik2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> PDF is not just simplified, compressed encoding of PostScript. Or at
> least - LaTeX have some features PDF-only.
>
> For example PDF can have hyper-links (both to local and external
> content). It can be scripted in JavaScript (don't ask me why) and can
> have form (OK. So I can fill them and print probably).

The form stuff is also for online submission, and the javascript
allows editing of what is possible.

For example (requires Adobe Reader plugin, which I don't have and thus
haven't seen it myself) this form (I believe) auto-fills in some
details and saves a copy online, etc.:
https://forms.australia.gov.au/forms/aec/Electoral%20enrolment/

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