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Date:      Thu, 8 Nov 2001 22:42:29 +0000
From:      Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
Cc:        freebsd-jobs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Word .doc format Not wanted.
Message-ID:  <20011108224229.A3841@roughtrade.net>
In-Reply-To: <20011108083013.M76565@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@NUXI.com on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:30:13AM -0800
References:  <ml@db.nexgen.com> <200111081136.fA8BaJ001848@jhs.muc.de> <20011108103913.A59220@wjv.com> <20011108083013.M76565@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:30:13AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> How?!?!?  Come on guys, this is the year 2001!  Geez, HTML is everything
> we demand -- an open format and a pure text one.  Stop using that 1975
> mail client and modernize.  Mutt + urlview + links(or lynx) works
> beautifully and lets you handle any type of ASCII-based format.  

We've had open, pure text formats for years! Are you casting
aspersions on SGML, LaTeX or roff? :)

[snip]
> I am not advocating HTML formatted messages in all cases, just those
> where the formatting is important.

I agree that a well-presented CV is desirable, but on the other hand I
tend to delete posts to -jobs that appear in binary formats.

HTML is not renowned for consistent formatting on the display device.
What looks great in Opera may be hideous in Netscape. At a recent
(successful) job interview I was {humourously} invited to guess the
browser used to print my HTML CV. It was Not What I Intended; no thanks
to Konqueror - I'd checked it for style in IE, Netscape, Opera.

There is no need to maintain one's CV in any format other than DocBook.
Then you can generate <HTML>, %PDF, {\RTF} (<-- for export to word), %!Postscript,
\{TeX}, plain text, even nroff(1)! With correct stylesheets there should be
no subsequent need for haND-eDItiNg, either.

Then simply post a list of URLs in your plain-ascii cover email...

Joshua

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