Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:18:31 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Native PDF viewer Message-ID: <20091217061831.7b702bd6.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4B284E37.3000909@lazlarlyricon.com> References: <4B284E37.3000909@lazlarlyricon.com>
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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". -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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