OT: PC World are useless - was Re: [Gllug] OT: microdirect.co.ukreliable?

[Rob Crowther]

Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Leaving aside the fact that many editors (e.g. Vim and Emacs) can edit
> compressed files in situ, what is to stop you compressing the file after
> you've written it?  
> 
Doesn't PDF have a load of internal references which have to be 
calculated once you know the size of the file (like page 1 starts at 
byte x, page two starts at byte y), or is that just for embedded 
objects?  Not that you couldn't do that in a text editor if you were 
suitably motivated...

Rob
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