Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be

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On 2026-07-07 08:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 08:27:53 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-07-07 02:22, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 23:57:34 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2026-07-06 23:13, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 13:10:28 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>      - reading PDF forms that use javascript, needs Adobe Reader.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just ignore the JavaScript part.
>>>>
>>>> Can't. For legal documents, it is mandatory.
>>>
>>> I don’t see how they can tell.
>>
>> Dot matrix not generated, for instance.
>>
>> Calculations not generated.
>>
>> Data verification not done,
> 
> All that can be done from reverse-engineering the JavaScript.

That's not something I will ever do.

I have two practical solutions:

  1) Use Windows
  2) Pay someone to do it for me.

I did #2. Filling the forms was actually complicated. I hired a 
professional expert on such taxes.

> 
> I can’t imagine they would put large amounts of code into an untrusted
> file ...

They actually do. The PDF would be 100MB, say, and with the code, it 
would be 800MB. Or some other size, but a similar proportion, the code 
was 6 or 8 times more than the raw PDF.

And the file was trusted, by the way.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally? admitting where developers want to be The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-07 20:14 +0100
        Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-05 21:47 +0000
          Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-06 13:10 +0200
            Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-06 21:13 +0000
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                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-07 00:22 +0000
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                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-07 06:54 +0000
                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-07 10:59 +0200
                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-08 00:47 +0000
                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-08 12:00 +0200
                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-08 23:12 +0000
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                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-09 07:28 +0000
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                Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-09 07:47 +0000
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          Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-07 03:41 +0000
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