From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jul 3 16:17:45 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AAEF9E9DDE for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:17:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay10.qsc.de (mailrelay10.qsc.de [212.99.163.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1ED77628B for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:17:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay10.qsc.de; Mon, 03 Jul 2017 18:17:35 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-242-179.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.242.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 839413CBF9; Mon, 3 Jul 2017 18:17:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v63GHYo8003044; Mon, 3 Jul 2017 18:17:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 18:17:34 +0200 From: Polytropon To: B J Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD Equivalent To Adobe Acrobat Message-Id: <20170703181734.feed2f4b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay10.qsc.de with C150D68346F X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1259 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:17:45 -0000 On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:08:35 +0000, B J wrote: > I know that there are several programs that can be used for reading > PDF files as I've looked at some of them. Depending on the "complexity" of the files, many programs can be suggested, and your choice could be guided into a specific direction if you want something that integrates with a specific desktop environment (xpdf, evince, gimp, ...). > What I'm looking for is something that can edit PDF files, such as > government forms where one can fill in the blanks. I've used Adobe > Acrobat to do that, but it was on a Windows machine. Adobe doesn't > have a FreeBSD version and it's long dropped supporting Acrobat for > Linux. The "Acrobat Reader" has been removed from the ports collection due to security considerations, as far as I know. > Does anyone have any suggestions or am I stuck having to use it under > Windows to do my income tax returns? I'd be interested in a verified suggestion, too. I still have a machine for offline use with acroread9-9.4.2 installed. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...