Re: pdf files..

1998-04-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
a friend has been shipping me pdf files. is there a viewer available (bo...) Use xpdf or acroread. I think both are available in bo. Unfortunately they're non-free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pdf files

1996-12-13 Thread Bill Roman
Note that a recent posting in comp.risks asserts that Adobe's PDF reader for Linux will attempt to *execute* any file which can't be read as a PDF file and has its execute permissions set, quoting Adobe's documentation about this. Mind that MIME mail! -- Bill Roman ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL P

Re: pdf files

1996-12-13 Thread Rob Browning
"Wieboldt, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >This isn't debian specific, but what does it take to read/print pdf files > >in linux? > >Thanks > >-lars I think gv also handles PDF. -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble?

RE: pdf files

1996-12-11 Thread Paul Christenson
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Wieboldt, David wrote: > >This isn't debian specific, but what does it take to read/print pdf files > >in linux? > Wow I have an answer! > > Your choices are two: 1) xpdf or 2) Adobe acrobat. If you just want to > read single .pdf files, I would go for xpdf. If you have a

Re: pdf files

1996-12-10 Thread David Puryear
Hi, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > I've tried gv; it looks nice, but for me, it doesn't have scrollbars > in the file open window, which makes it useless! Version 2.7b5-3. You don't need scrollbars. You can move up and down right or left of click and drag of page on display. I find this very useful

Re: pdf files

1996-12-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> Better would be Ghostscript with gv. Since most people have Ghostscript > already. Ghostview is not setup to view pdf files(have this changed?) > even through Ghostscript can handle it. But 'gv' on the other hand can > handle pdf files and it looks much better then Ghostview. This way you > don'

Re: pdf files

1996-12-10 Thread David Puryear
Hi All, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Lars, > > What you need is a copy of the Adobe Acrobat viewer software. Better would be Ghostscript with gv. Since most people have Ghostscript already. Ghostview is not setup to view pdf files(have this changed?) even through Ghostscript can handle it. But

RE: pdf files

1996-12-09 Thread erikp
Lars, What you need is a copy of the Adobe Acrobat viewer software. The viewer software allows you the view the PDF files, and is copyrighted but provided free of charge by Adobe (i.e., you are legally allowed to upload and use it without $$ to be exchanged; you will not be able to create of modi

RE: pdf files

1996-12-09 Thread Wieboldt, David
> >This isn't debian specific, but what does it take to read/print pdf files >in linux? >Thanks >-lars >-- >My sig file is only one line long! > Wow I have an answer! Your choices are two: 1) xpdf or 2) Adobe acrobat. If you just want to read single .pdf files, I would go for xpdf. If you have

Re: pdf files

1996-12-09 Thread Stoyan Kenderov
Hi, The heavy duty solution is Adobe's Acrobat Reader. take it from www.adobe.com The free solution is xpdf, comes as a debian package already, or as of recently - Aladdin's gs (ghostscript 4.03) comes also packaged for your debian installation (you are using one, don't you ;-) > This isn't deb