[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > >>>>> "Mats" == Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Mats> I'm sure you discussed this several months ago but are you
> > Mats> sure it's better to use zip than gzip on the files.
> >
> > i'll second that question. i clicked on a link assuming that gv would
> > be popping up momentarily to show me the score, and was disappointed
> > when netscape instead brought up a dialog box asking me where i wanted
> > to put the zip file.
> >
> > this will get old *very* quickly if i want to look at a bunch of
> > scores...
>
> On the other hand (to give a counterargument to my previous viewpoint)
> in many cases there is often more than one output file, e.g. in
> intstrumental pieces with both a score and separate parts. That
> situation is easily handled by zip whereas the traditional UNIX
> solution is to make a gzipped tar file, which is harder to handle
> for a Windows user unless he has WinZip installed.
Windows users mostly use Acroread with PDF, so I don't think they will
look at PS files anyway. BTW how well does a PDF file compress when
zipped? I thought they had compression built in?
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