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Date:      Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:48:23 -0700
From:      Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gustavo De Nardin <gustavodn@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Which is the best PDF utility ?
Message-ID:  <200504261748.24357.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
In-Reply-To: <50af0a26050426155618249a0e@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <426E76BD.2000705@wanadoo.fr> <50af0a26050426155618249a0e@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue 26 Apr 05 15:56, Gustavo De Nardin <gustavodn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> 2005/4/26, edward <kouye@wanadoo.fr>:
> > Just wanted to know which is, according to you, the best utility to
> > read PDF files. I notice the Acrobat7 port is mentioned as "broken"
> > in the notes. Which program (not necessarily Adobe) would be the
> > best alternative for everyday PDF reading ? Oh, almost forgot, I
> > use KDE.
>
> So, haven't you tried Kpdf from KDE 3.4? It's the best X-windows PDF
> reader I've used.

Yeah, I'd second that. xpdf doesn't always get formatting right, and 
Kpdf usually does, at least in my experience. I'd rather use it than a 
working Acrobat, frankly. I use xpdf on machines where KDE is too large 
or cumbersome, such as my old Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop (300MHz).

- jt



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