Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 22:01:08 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, james@miller.cs.uwm.edu Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pdf pain... Message-ID: <199806300401.WAA24744@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <199806292216.RAA24298@miller.cs.uwm.edu> References: <199806292216.RAA24298@miller.cs.uwm.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
My hidden microphone recorded Jim Lowe (james@miller.cs.uwm.edu) saying:
% > From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
% > Subject: pdf pain...
% > To: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
% >
% > I am having a problem... people here are insisting that some
% > documentation be made available in PDF (the previous format of choice
% > was Word DOC format...) so i wonder if there is a solution to produce
% > PDF from postscript without having to run Windows and/or having to buy
% > the writer from adobe.
% >
% > The best i can come up with is getting some cheap pdf writer, run it
% > under windows, and use "vnc" to access the machine from X. Any better
% > idea ?
%
% I use /usr/ports/print/acroread, but I get the impression this is not
% what you are looking for.
%
% Something like: acroread -toPostScipt < file.pdf >file.ps
I think he's looking for something to convert from "other" formats to PDF. If
you have one, it is available for Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, and AIX. You could
stick it on another machine somewhere and use it via X.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199806300401.WAA24744>