Re: pdfscreen -- latex presentation viewer
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
a. Convert the file to use latex-beamer.
b. Keep a local copy of pdfscreen.
c. Depend on the Debian package of "pdfscreen".
In the case of most software (a) and (b) are good options.
Unfortunately, "scientists" are (in my experience) noticably reluctant
to make such switches.
This is right and I personally behave similar.
In order to offer the alternative (c), it may be good to have
"pdfscreen" in Debian.
The problem is "it may be good". Somebody has actually to *do* it. So
either the hypothetical reluctant user takes over the package or he has
one reason more to switch to latex-beamer (sometimes the number of
good reasons might trigger a switch). This is no optimal situation
but Debian is not able to support the latest user of a package with
low priority without any support of the user(s) who needs this very
package.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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