ANSI draft in PDF format?

Stephan Rudlof sr at evolgo.de
Fri Jun 30 06:35:47 UTC 2000


Lex,

Lex Spoon wrote:
> 
> Cool!  Dwight Hughes has also generated a version with a newer version of
> Word, and the new version has at index and a hyperlinked table of
> contents--imagine, the technology of the 70's, available today!  Ahem.
> Anyway, I've posted the indexed version and updated the link on the
> "Papers and Documents" page to point to it.

For me downloading the indexed version does *not* work with Netscape
Messenger, it seems to be the same problem as with the download of my
version (see below).

Have you made a download test yourself?

Stephan

> 
> Also, I mentioned the link on comp.lang.smalltalk; hopefully our swiki
> doesn't get killed!  :)
> 
> Thanks to everyone,
> 
> -Lex
> 
> Stephan Rudlof <sr at evolgo.de> wrote:
> > Bijan Parsia wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm sure enough to be willing to do it myself without further
> > > investigation. (afaIoact=as far as I or anyone can tell). No recinding of
> > > distributability was issued, and the draft was freely circulated, remains
> > > on a public FTP server, etc.
> > >
> > > I think it's a safe bet.
> >
> > Ok, here it is:
> >       http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/400
> > .
> >
> > Curiously downloading the pdf-version hasn't worked for me, it just
> > stopped a few percent before finishing (Netscape stalled) and finished
> > then with removing the downloaded file; any idea?
> >
> > So I have uploaded a gzipped pdf-version now: Downloading, gunzip'ing
> > and acroread'ing has worked now.
> >
> > Many megs have flown through the net for these checks...
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Stephan
> >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Bijan.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Stephan Rudlof wrote:
> > >
> > > > Bijan Parsia wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > He's not asking for the spec, but for the *draft* spec which *is*,
> > > > > afaIoact, freely distributible.
> > > >
> > > > Are you sure? If so, I have an acroread'able version standard_v1_9.PDF,
> > > > which I could try to upload onto the Swiki...
> > > >
> > > > Stephan
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The draft spec contains, afaik, no omissions or alterations, but adds
> > > > > "rationales" at varoius places, making it an interesting document in its
> > > > > own right.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Bijan Parsia.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Eric Arseneau wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I have a copy., but the problem is that I had to pay 15$ for it.  So I'm not
> > > > > > sure it can or should be posted anywhere.  If there is anything specific you
> > > > > > need you can ask.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Lex Spoon [mailto:lex at cc.gatech.edu]
> > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:30 PM
> > > > > > > To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> > > > > > > Subject: ANSI draft in PDF format?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Does anyone have a copy of the ANSI draft in PDF format?  My copy is on
> > > > > > > the other end of the continent on a computer that's turned off :(
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Someone should post the PDF somewhere, and I'll try and find a place for
> > > > > > > it if I can.  The so-called RTF version seems to only be usable from
> > > > > > > Microsoft Word, because the file has undocumented extensions in it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Lex
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >

-- 
Stephan Rudlof (sr at evolgo.de)
   "Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis.
    You can't simply say, 'Today I will be brilliant.'"
    -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3





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