On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:49 PM, sankarshan
<foss.mailinglists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Most of know the "Download as PDF" feature is not usable on Indic wikis with
> Collection Extension due to issues in PDF generation with complex scripts.
Can you point out the issues as well please ?
The bug[1] which requires pypdflib[2] (or similar pdf generation library which Collection extension could use) to be stable / working for Indic languages which has complex scripts.
A question that would be relevant is whether any device accessing the
Indic Wikipedia (desktop [own/shared], laptop, mobile) will have the
adequate means to handle, display and render ODT formats.
You got a valid point there. Having a PDF option by which one can open but not use it provides same value as having an ODT which one cannot open. Generated PDF has glyphs rendered in parts and/or wrong order, one cannot use them. On the other hand, even if someone does not have capability to view ODT(let's say people with MS-Office 2000), some people will try to atleast google ODT, know about ODT,LibreOffice or programs which can open ODT and the interested ones will download and use it.
On a tangential note, it will be interesting to know the click stats of links on Collection extension to see how many people use "Download as" links.