Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 19:16:36 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggest pdf viewer for pdf version 1.6 with annotations Message-ID: <20121003191636.3458ede3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20121003142806.GB2299@kontrol.kode5.net> References: <201210030750.q937oGE3094218@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20121003112638.a2f79f6d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20121003142806.GB2299@kontrol.kode5.net>
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:28:06 +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > [ Polytropon wrote on Wed 3.Oct'12 at 11:26:38 +0200 ] > > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 08:50:16 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > I got sent a pdf file, version 1.6, with annotations. > > > xpdf can view the file, but not the annotations. > > > Please suggest a pdf viewer from ports that might help. > > > > I haven't checked, but the "Adobe Reader" (port: acroread, > > e. g. acroread9) should be able to do this, as PDF 1.6 > > support is in that product since version 7 (Jan. 2005). > > > > I'm not sure if it would be "less bloaty" to use a PDF > > viewer coming with one of the big desktop environments > > KDE or Gnome: Evince, KPDF or Okular... I'm not using > > any of these, so I can't make better recommendations. > > Whenever I approach the border of what xpdf and gv can > > do, I use "acroread <filename>". :-) > > I'm using adobe acroread on 9.1(stable) and it is ok. Bit slow > starting up, but i've experienced no other issues Same here (on OS 8.2-STABLE i386), but it removes the default (black) mouse cursor and displays an ugly white one. Processing speed is acceptable, keyboard support is a bit lacking (e. g. Ctrl+P brings up the print dialog, but pressing ENTER does not start printing, instead Alt+O does). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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