-- in pdf

-- in pdf

[Tammy Fox]

Has anyone else noticed that db2pdf makes -- (double dashes) an emdash in the 
resulting PDF file?

I have tried to solve this by replacing -- with
‐ ‐ 
‐‐
‐ ‐

but they all end up translating to - - (dash space dash) in HTML.

I need to be able to produce both PDF and HTML.

–– seems to make a really small space between the dashing,
but it is not really noticable in PDF or HTML.

Does anybody have a solution to this?

Thanks,
Tammy

Re: -- in pdf

[Peter Toft]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Tammy Fox wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed that db2pdf makes -- (double dashes) an emdash in the
> resulting PDF file?
>
> I have tried to solve this by replacing -- with
> ‐ ‐
> ‐‐
> ‐ ‐
>
> but they all end up translating to - - (dash space dash) in HTML.
>
> I need to be able to produce both PDF and HTML.
>
> –– seems to make a really small space between the dashing,
> but it is not really noticable in PDF or HTML.
>
> Does anybody have a solution to this?

I will forward you the last thread on this subject.

-- 
Peter Toft, Ph.D. [pto@sslug.dk] http://www.sslug.dk/~pto

You are not alone. The penguins are everywhere.

Re: -- in pdf

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Tammy Fox wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed that db2pdf makes -- (double dashes) an emdash in the
> resulting PDF file?

I have stopped worrying about PDF output. as I no longer use it due to the
policies of Adobe.

I suggest everyone to do likewise and al least visit
http://www.boycottadobe.com/ once to understand why I came to this
decision.

Hugo.

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All email send to me is bound to the rules described on my homepage.
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Re: -- in pdf

[Tim Waugh]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:04:43PM -0400, Tammy Fox wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed that db2pdf makes -- (double dashes) an
> emdash in the resulting PDF file?

I'm pretty sure this is fixed in openjade CVS.  I nabbed a patch from
there to make openjade-1.3-17 in Red Hat Rawhide.  Want to try it out?

Tim.
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Re: -- in pdf

[Tammy Fox]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 09:40:27AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:04:43PM -0400, Tammy Fox wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone else noticed that db2pdf makes -- (double dashes) an
> > emdash in the resulting PDF file?
> 
> I'm pretty sure this is fixed in openjade CVS.  I nabbed a patch from
> there to make openjade-1.3-17 in Red Hat Rawhide.  Want to try it out?
> 

Excellent! That worked for me.

Thanks,
Tammy

Re: -- in pdf

[Timothy Reaves]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 08:18:07 +0200 (CEST)
Hugo van der Kooij <hvdkooij@vanderkooij.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Tammy Fox wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone else noticed that db2pdf makes -- (double dashes) an emdash in the
> > resulting PDF file?
> 
> I have stopped worrying about PDF output. as I no longer use it due to the
> policies of Adobe.
> 
> I suggest everyone to do likewise and al least visit
> http://www.boycottadobe.com/ once to understand why I came to this
> decision.
> 

	And what do you suggest for printing otherwise?  Is there a PS backend?  Or is that being boycotted as well?

Re: -- in pdf

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Timothy Reaves wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 08:18:07 +0200 (CEST)
> Hugo van der Kooij <hvdkooij@vanderkooij.org> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Tammy Fox wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone else noticed that db2pdf makes -- (double dashes) an emdash in the
> > > resulting PDF file?
> >
> > I have stopped worrying about PDF output. as I no longer use it due to the
> > policies of Adobe.
> >
> > I suggest everyone to do likewise and al least visit
> > http://www.boycottadobe.com/ once to understand why I came to this
> > decision.
>
> 	And what do you suggest for printing otherwise?  Is there a PS backend?  Or is that being boycotted as well?

There is a PS backend.

Hugo.

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