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Good evening.

Am Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:00:51 +0100 schrieb Pieter Verberne <pieterverberne@xs4all.nl>:

> Or possibly 'nroff-style'

There are several "troff2html" converters.

> Another thing: has anyone ever thought about a (hypertext) document > distribution system via 9P. (from Plan 9) I have never used Plan > 9/ 9P but I read something about it and I think it just could be > suitable for such purpose.

9P needs a persistent connection and low latency for being usable. 9P is more like samba than like Gopher or HTTP.

> Also, websites are often build as a work of art. Like a painting.. > no, more like grafitty. It is just a mess. There is just no awareness > of typography.)

The web is made for making money and not for pretty printing. Wherever a webmaster cares for his/her customers he/she adds support for pretty printing (PDF).

Sincerely,

Christoph Lohmann