From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 16 23:51:26 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA07030 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 23:51:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA07023 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 23:51:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id SAA25768; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 18:16:41 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612170746.SAA25768@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Running Linux' Acrobat reader under 215R? In-Reply-To: <199612170740.IAA18027@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> from Christoph Kukulies at "Dec 17, 96 08:40:41 am" To: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 18:16:39 +1030 (CST) Cc: moos@webmore.com, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Christoph Kukulies stands accused of saying: > > If you just want to read .pdf-files, you could use xpdf. > > xpdf is known to be inadequate or insufficient in some respects. This is mostly in connection with "encrypted" PDF files, and is due to the usual anal export restrictions. I don't know what Adobe do with Acrobat; I read PDF files with gv and ghostscript and the RC4 patch. > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[