Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:54:12 +0100 From: "Ernst W. Winter" <ewinter@ewinter.org> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acroread on the amd64 Message-ID: <20041125065412.GA634@lobo.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <200411242155.iAOLtl56099211@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20041124195052.GA2391@lobo.homeunix.org> <200411242155.iAOLtl56099211@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Ernst W. Winter <ewinter@ewinter.org> wrote: > > Sorry I posted this to you, but for the benefit to others I would > > suggest to compile "xpf" or "gpdf" and "gv" as I never used the > > Acrobat reader and had no need for it. I found those other ones done > > a job well even here now on a AMD64. > > Acroread is a _lot_ faster than those, especially with > anti-aliasing enabled. I've had a complex document As I said I don't know as I never needed nor used it. > (containing lots of detailed maps and graphics) which > gv took more than two minutes to render, while Acroread > took 10 seconds. Also, I've had several cases where Please send me some as I never had any problems with that either, so it would be nice to see it and gain the experience. > gv etc. did not render a document properly, most of the > time it had to do with overlapping elements which were > rendered in the wrong order. Acroread has never any > such problems. > Again, it would be nice to see it as I said I never had such problems, so please enlighten me or send me something so I can see what you mean and which type of documents. > For those reasons I use Acroread most of the time, if > possible. > Sure no worries, if it fits why not. > (The above are just my observations. YMMV.) > same here. > Best regards > Oliver > Ernst -- Ernst Winter ewinter@ewinter.org "Nec scire fas est onmnia" --Horaz Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what?
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