Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:18:09 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Native PDF viewer Message-ID: <20091217201809.GA18408@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20091217061831.7b702bd6.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4B284E37.3000909@lazlarlyricon.com> <20091217061831.7b702bd6.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 06:18:31AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:04:23 +0100, Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Since I don't have Linux compat layer activated, and I have no need for > > it, I'd like to ask if anyone can suggest a native PDF viewer (I'm not > > fond of the idea of installing a compat layer for just one application). > > There are gv (which is limited in some way, "fancy" PDF files) > and xpdf. > > I can recommend "xpdf -fullscreen <file>" especially for use > in presentations. > > In both programs, keyboard support (important for comfortably > browsing a document) is good. > > Of course, KDE and Gnome provide their own PDF viewers, but > since you don't want to use the Linux ABI just for a PDF > viewer program, you surely won't want to install KDE or > Gnome just for the same purpose. :-) > > But I have to tell you that for some very special PDF files, > especially those that use nonstandard stuff, and for those > that "process" input fields, the acroread port is still > on my system as "fallback solution". this is just my penny's worth, but since I value *simplicity*, I'm happy with xpdf. The one thing I would like to see is the integration of the festival tts suite with any/all presentations of textual material. The speech feature for acroread must be $$$$$, because it doesn't work on my single Ubuntu platform. --oh well, ain't no free lunches... . > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.79a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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