slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 23 days agoWord.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up11.49K
arrow-up11.49KimageWord.lemmy.worldslaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-222 days agoi mean, it’s equivalent to using a typewriter to edit a printed page. pdf was not designed to be edited.
minus-squareMicrow@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoWhat? If pdf wasn’t designed to be edited, why are there pdf editors?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-216 days agobecause people who don’t know computers can’t learn to use the right file format. pdf is a container format for code that is run by printers. it’s not something that can be easily changed. pdf editors are hacks upon hacks upon hacks.
i mean, it’s equivalent to using a typewriter to edit a printed page. pdf was not designed to be edited.
What? If pdf wasn’t designed to be edited, why are there pdf editors?
because people who don’t know computers can’t learn to use the right file format.
pdf is a container format for code that is run by printers. it’s not something that can be easily changed. pdf editors are hacks upon hacks upon hacks.