Reply to post: js and pdf proprietary extension, @big_D

Panic like it's 1999: Microsoft Office macro viruses are BACK

eulampios

js and pdf proprietary extension, @big_D

And ODF has a macro language as well...

Yes it does, it is defaulted to not being active, moreover, a user is warned multiple times, and I was referring to not only this...

as does PDF (you can embed JavaScript in it)

I see that you confuse the standard of PDF 1.0--1.7 with some proprietary inclusions for Adobe Acobrat. No, JavaScript is not a part of generally accepted PDF ISO standard!

And Adobe has more than enought problems with security in PDF documents.

Yes, and Adobe reader sucks the most of all pdf viewers, I remember that when you recompile with pdf(La)TeX and the pdf output is still open, Adobe reader would crash. Evince, kpdf/ocular atril, xpdf or even ghost viewer and X Emacs embedded pdf viewer are much better ways to go, not this piece of lame bloat from Adobe! There are quite a few nice ones for Android as well. And did I mention a non-MSWindows GNU/Linux, Android or *BSD environment?

Please don't take me for a clueless Windows ad.. I mean user.

Your choice has nothing to do with safety.

My choice has nothing to do with your assumptions,I take it.

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