[tex-live] PDF 1.5 by default in TL 2010

[Jonathan Kew]

On 13 Jan 2010, at 14:19, Lars Madsen wrote:

> 
>>> a bit odd that you have to have AR installed then in order to print a pdf.
>>> 
>>> or am I missing something? Is is possible to use TWs PDF viewer to print a PDF on windows?
>> No, printing is not currently implemented in TW, so you need a different tool for that.
>> JK
> 
> Yes, and this confuses a lot of new users.

I realize it's far from ideal, and printing is definitely a feature we need to add. The challenge is doing it (a) cross-platform, (b) through many varieties of printer drivers, and (c) well. I don't want to ship a print command that may give poor results.

> Otherwise, they seem quite content with TW, though.

Thanks, that's encouraging.

JK