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yes, this is why they have accepted PDF for some time https://arxiv.org/help/submit_pdf https://arxiv.org/help/submit_pdf (maybe for as long as since 2004 -- b
by tingletech 5y ago
yes, this is why they have accepted PDF for some time https://arxiv.org/help/submit_pdf https://arxiv.org/help/submit_pdf
(maybe for as long as since 2004 -- but ironically archive.org could not access arXiv for some years https://web.archive.org/web/20041101000000*/https://arxiv.org/help/submit_pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20041101000000*/https://arxiv.or... )
Most other preprint services, such as those based on eprints (and in other disciplines) have always accepted PDF.
- jessriedel 5y agoThe reason they accept PDF is not because of the difficulty in getting tex files to compile on different distributions that I mentioned. Indeed, as they say on the page you link to, PDF files created from a tex file are specifically rejected by the arXiv. Rather, PDF files are accepted for the (fairly small minority) of papers that are written using alternative editors like MS Word.