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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>

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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           




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