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At 08:51 -0500 1998/12/19, Y&Y Inc. wrote:
>>But can PDF break links across pages ? --
..
>...You have to split the link into two parts before
>you turn it into PDF code.  Which is a non-trivial exercise in TeX!

This is probably due to the lack of OO (Object Orientation) in TeX: A new
DVI must be fully object oriented, so that it is possible for other
processing tools to easily extract the information needed.

  Hans Aberg
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