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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Peter Flynn   
   Re: What is the best free software for c   
   03 Mar 25 23:35:24   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.text.pdf, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 21:38:56 +0000, Peter Flynn wrote:   
      
   > The one tool missing seems to be LaTeX, for creating PDFs, but perhaps   
   > "create" in this context means "convert from some other typeset format"   
   > rather than "typeset directly to PDF" (in industry terms, "originate")   
      
   Along those lines, is it also worth mentioning that the Cairo graphics   
   library includes the option for rendering drawing to PDF, among its range   
   of output surface types?   
      
      
      
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