On Sunday 24 April 2011 18:34:55 Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:28:29 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > On Sunday 24 April 2011 16:38:23 Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:27:33 -0800, peasthope wrote: > >> > MS invented docx. Now when John Doe wants to say "Summer Vacation > >> > Planning Meeting. Bring your coffee mug to the boardroom at 3:00." > >> > he can send an archive containing a hierarchy of a dozen or so files. > >> > Several kB in total. > > Why not .txt? Even simpler, will retain all the information and be > > readable with almost anything. > > How about images and text formatting? With plain text files you miss them > (html should be a nice alternative but again, images have to be enclosed > apart) ;-)
There are no images in the text above. it is just that - simple text. "Summer Vacation Planning Meeting. Bring your coffee mug to the boardroom at 3:00." I was not referring to a putative complicated document, but to this specific example, and others like it. For this specific example .pdf is overkill. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
