pdf cross-linked document

[Athanasios Valais]

Re: pdf cross-linked document

I needed a way of emulating html intra-document
linking in lout. I used the following macros
which I found to be suitable:

def @Link left LinkDest right label
{
        {
        "["
        "/Rect [ 0 0 xsize ysize ]"
        "/Border [ 0 0 0 ]"
        "/Color [ 0 0 0 ]"
        "/Dest /"LinkDest""
        "/Subtype /Link"
        "/ANN pdfmark"
        address@hidden @Colour @Underline {label}}
}

def @Target left LinkDest right label
{
        {
        "["
        "/Dest /"LinkDest""
        "/View [ /Fit ]"
        "/DEST pdfmark"
        address@hidden
}


Which are invoked by ...

        This is a link to: address@hidden
        This is target: address@hidden

... as seen in the example at:

        http://www.fishtree.net/pdf/link.pdf [17kB]

What do people think of building a common library
of useful pdf macros for lout?

Regards,

Arthur