Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:01:17 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: hans@brandinnovators.com (Hans Zuidam) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running Linux' Acrobat reader under 215R? Message-ID: <199612171801.TAA00594@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199612171137.LAA00895@truk.brandinnovators.com> from "Hans Zuidam" at Dec 17, 96 11:37:45 am
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As Hans Zuidam wrote... > > Thomas Gellekum wrote: > > Michael Smith wrote: > > > Christoph Kukulies stands accused of saying: > > > > > If you just want to read .pdf-files, you could use xpdf. > > > > > > > > xpdf is known to be inadequate or insufficient in some respects. Like producing anything printable (preferably postscript). That was my reason for looking into Adobe's Linux version. Ah well, I'll wait for 2.2*R for this to get working. > > > This is mostly in connection with "encrypted" PDF files, and is due > > > to the usual anal export restrictions. I don't know what Adobe do with > > > Acrobat; I read PDF files with gv and ghostscript and the RC4 patch. > > > > Well, last week I came across a damaged PDF file, which acrobat could > > fix. gs just barfed on it. > Hmmm... I've got some pdf files that make acrobat (v2 and v3!) barf > while xpdf simply spits out warnings and continues with the next page... PDF is becoming an 'interesting standard' these days. Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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