Theos-Talk Archives (November 2005 Message tt00145)

No, Adobe PDF, WordPerfect, Word, Publisher, etc. are limited in this
respect because:
1. They can not dynamically search content of the book, utilizing an
internet connection and local database, in order to pull up
cross-referenced material to present to the reader.
2. They are limited in providing interactivity to the reader, by
allowing him to download similar books, search for other books, or
seeing the book in full 3D (this would be particularly interesting for
analyzing detail on first edition copies and such).
3. They do not have a built-in dictionary for Theosophical and Occult reference.
4. They do not have the capacity to search through mutiple
documents/articles/books to find material on a particular subject.

etc..

That's why you would need a special application to do this.

-Mark H.


On 11/23/05, DENNIS KIER <kier10@comcast.net> wrote:
> The Adobe PDF format is widely available, and there are many 3rd party
> programs save files in PDF format. Since it is a universal format, it should
> be considered (I should think).
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> WordPerfect, for instance will save text or photos in the PDF format as one
> unified file. Is this what you had in mind?
>
> Dennis
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anton Rozman" <anton_rozman@yahoo.com>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:37 AM
> Subject: Theos-World Re: Theosophical Search & Find: Quick Access to
> Hundreds of Online Resources
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> Hi Mark,
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> You wrote:
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> >Since most of the books are already available in text on the
> internet<
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> This is probably true regarding the American theosophical tradition
> but far of being fact in regard to the theosophical texts in other
> countries and languages.
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> >I do software development. . to allow someone to through the
> contents and bring the proper pages up.<
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> Could be this Search and Find utility developed for simple html files
> and for the use in other languages too?
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> >It would be an honor to make something like that available to
> Theosophists worldwide.<
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> It would be a great service too.
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> Warmest regards,
> Anton
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Mark Hamilton Jr.
waking.adept@gmail.com