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EBooks for Programmers Should Include a TXT

• a_a_r_o_n 15y ago
  "I converted both my [pdf] book and my [pdf] copy of Objects on Rails to TXT files" We need a terminal that can display graphics in place and still allow all the text tools to work exactly as they do today. I imagined reading a text-ized pdf, and having to bounce back and forth to the actual pdf to see the graphics, and that seems much more annoying to me than just reading the pdf.
  • jstorimer 15y ago
    Good point. I don't read many graphic-heavy ebooks so it didn't cross my mind. For technical books I've found it feels right at home
• thenicepostr 15y ago
  Emacs has a pdf viewer, a terminal, and a pretty good editor (holy wars aside)
• pat_shaughnessy 15y ago
  Great idea - although PDF supports search, having a real text version seems like it would be useful for authors to provide also. Thanks for the tip...
• bradleyland 15y ago
  This is why I love authoring content in Markdown (or Pandoc). I can send the nice formatted versions out to customers, while retaining Terminal friendly documents for myself.