Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:05:53 -0800 (PST) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: embedding pdf viewers in firefox Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0801261402470.10755@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <86068e730801261324j33b7ae8cyc8faec5141f7555a@mail.gmail.com> References: <86068e730801251451n650b7abcyf3d008fddec2c33f@mail.gmail.com> <86y7acmhrg.fsf@ds4.des.no> <86068e730801261324j33b7ae8cyc8faec5141f7555a@mail.gmail.com>
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kv_bsd# uname -a FreeBSD kv_bsd 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 kv_bsd# as you can see, i am running the freeBSD OS. i have a gnome desktop. i usually run firefox browser (i note that gnome has built in browser called ephinany). i am dissatisfied with the fact that if i browse to a webpage that contains pdf content that i am forced to save the file. there seems to be an indigenous application that fires up when i double click the file. it is called evince 0.6.1 postScript and PDF File viewer using poppler 0.5.4 (cairo). if i need to install something new that is fine, but i want to have some embedded application that will view pdf content "in situ" instead of this cumbersome operation. i posted that on a site called experts-exchange and got this response: danielcc: if you are just viewing them from a search engine you can tell google to let them view as html which is nice... something else thats nice that you might be interested in is the firefox pdf veiwer plug in https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/636 ... you should just have to click open and view the file this is not feeling right to me. any advice? *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------*
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