Is it possible to embed animated GIFs in PDFs? And how might I go about such a thing? are there any dangers I should be aware of?
For some more details on why I think it's a good thing and how it helps feel free to see this post. I didn't think it was appropriately well-formed enough for SE.
As an example - I'd like to put this into a description of quicksort:
(This animation is from wikimedia.)
I haven't tested it but apparently you can add quicktime animations to a pdf (no idea why). So the solution would be to export the animated gif to quicktime and add it to the pdf.
Here the solution that apparently works:
See this link (German)