Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-15 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:40:09 +0200, Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:20:28PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: >> On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:50, Greg Folkert wrote: >> > MR DUCKS! >> > MRNOT DUCKS! >> > CM EDBD WINGS? >> > LIB MR! DUCKS! >> >> I always heard it as: >> >> M R duck

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread gaspard
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, MJM wrote: > The navigation on non-Acrobat readers is rudimentary or non-existent. Any > way to improve navigation in them? I'm reading a 2000+ page document so > navigation would be helpful. What about kghostview? Although the the find function doesn't work, the rest of

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread gaspard
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, MJM wrote: > On Tuesday 12 August 2003 14:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, MJM wrote: > > > > You could also install acroread on Linux... > > THinking about doing this. I've done it from the upstream tarball on other > installations. Not finding a pack

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread David Z Maze
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:17, Vincent Lefevre wrote: >> I use xpdf on my PPC laptop since gv renders some PDF documents >> very badly and acrobat doesn't exist here. > > Begging to differ with you: > >duke:~# apt-cache policy acroread >acroread: >

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 13:10:21 -0400, MJM wrote: > If anyone else has ghostview vs xpdf vs acrobat vs ??? stories or > comments I'd like to read them. I use xpdf on my PPC laptop since gv renders some PDF documents very badly and acrobat doesn't exist here. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread nori heikkinen
on Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:27:02PM +0200, David Fokkema insinuated: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 04:14:44PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > David Fokkema wrote: > > > > >On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:20:28PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > > >>I always heard it as: > > >> > > >>M R ducks > > >>M R not du

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:17, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 13:10:21 -0400, MJM wrote: > > If anyone else has ghostview vs xpdf vs acrobat vs ??? stories or > > comments I'd like to read them. > > I use xpdf on my PPC laptop since gv renders some PDF documents > very badly and ac

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Gary Hennigan
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:17, Vincent Lefevre wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 13:10:21 -0400, MJM wrote: >> > If anyone else has ghostview vs xpdf vs acrobat vs ??? stories or >> > comments I'd like to read them. >> >> I use xpdf on my PPC laptop since g

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wednesday 13 August 2003 1:13 am, nori heikkinen wrote: [...] > > speaking of which ... if you read french, check out "Mots D'Heures: > Gousses, Rames" -- my favorite therein being "Un Petit d'Un Petit": > > Un petit d'un petit > S'e'tonne aux Halles > Un petit d'un petit > Ah! degre's te fallen

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Kent West
David Fokkema wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:20:28PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:50, Greg Folkert wrote: MR DUCKS! MRNOT DUCKS! CM EDBD WINGS? LIB MR! DUCKS! I always heard it as: M R ducks M R not ducks O S A R C D E D B D wings? Y I B! M R ducks! And

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread David Fokkema
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:20:28PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:50, Greg Folkert wrote: > > MR DUCKS! > > MRNOT DUCKS! > > CM EDBD WINGS? > > LIB MR! DUCKS! > > I always heard it as: > > M R ducks > M R not ducks > O S A R > C D E D B D wings? > Y I B! M R ducks! > >

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread nori heikkinen
on Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:08:01AM -0500, Kent West insinuated: > Richard Lyons wrote: > > >On Wednesday 13 August 2003 1:13 am, nori heikkinen wrote: > >[...] > > > > > >>speaking of which ... if you read french, check out "Mots D'Heures: > >>Gousses, Rames" -- my favorite therein being "Un Petit d

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Kent West
Richard Lyons wrote: On Wednesday 13 August 2003 1:13 am, nori heikkinen wrote: [...] speaking of which ... if you read french, check out "Mots D'Heures: Gousses, Rames" -- my favorite therein being "Un Petit d'Un Petit": Un petit d'un petit S'e'tonne aux Halles Un petit d'un petit Ah! degre's

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread David Fokkema
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:40:47AM -0400, nori heikkinen wrote: > on Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:08:01AM -0500, Kent West insinuated: > > Richard Lyons wrote: > > > > >On Wednesday 13 August 2003 1:13 am, nori heikkinen wrote: > > >[...] > > > > > > > > >>speaking of which ... if you read french, check

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:20:28PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:50, Greg Folkert wrote: > > MR DUCKS! > > MRNOT DUCKS! > > CM EDBD WINGS? > > LIB MR! DUCKS! > > I always heard it as: > > M R ducks > M R not ducks > O S A R > C D E D B D wings? > Y I B! M R ducks! > >

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Peter Hugosson-Miller
nori heikkinen wrote: on Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:27:02PM +0200, David Fokkema insinuated: On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 04:14:44PM -0500, Kent West wrote: David Fokkema wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:20:28PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: I always heard it as: M R ducks M R not

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread MJM
On Tuesday 12 August 2003 14:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, MJM wrote: > > The navigation on non-Acrobat readers is rudimentary or non-existent. > > Any way to improve navigation in them? I'm reading a 2000+ page document > > so navigation would be helpful. > > What about kgh

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:07:47PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:17, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 13:10:21 -0400, MJM wrote: > > > If anyone else has ghostview vs xpdf vs acrobat vs ??? stories or > > > comments I'd like to read them. > > > > I use xpd

Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 14:38, Gary Hennigan wrote: > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:17, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 13:10:21 -0400, MJM wrote: > >> > If anyone else has ghostview vs xpdf vs acrobat vs ??? stories or > >> > comments I'd l

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Kent West
David Fokkema wrote: Next time I read things like this, I will pronounce them first, ;-) Thanks, David Maresey dotes and dosey dotes And liddle kidsy divey. . . . etc etc -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

[OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:50, Greg Folkert wrote: > MR DUCKS! > MRNOT DUCKS! > CM EDBD WINGS? > LIB MR! DUCKS! I always heard it as: M R ducks M R not ducks O S A R C D E D B D wings? Y I B! M R ducks! And now this is all hopelessly off-topic... :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, dele

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: Maresey dotes and dosey dotes And liddle kidsy divey. . . . Oops; should've been "liddle lambsy divey". -- Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread David Fokkema
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 04:14:44PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > David Fokkema wrote: > > >On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:20:28PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > > >>On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:50, Greg Folkert wrote: > >> > >> > >>>MR DUCKS! > >>>MRNOT DUCKS! > >>>CM EDBD WINGS? > >>>LIB MR! DUCKS

Re: [OT: m r ducks] Re: pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread nori heikkinen
on Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:52:11PM +0200, Richard Lyons insinuated: > On Wednesday 13 August 2003 1:13 am, nori heikkinen wrote: > [...] > > > > speaking of which ... if you read french, check out "Mots D'Heures: > > Gousses, Rames" -- my favorite therein being "Un Petit d'Un Petit": > > > > Un petit d

pdf readers

2003-08-14 Thread MJM
In stable I used ghostview (Kghostview actually) to view an ANSI standard document. Some graphics were laid out in landscape but most of the doc was in portrait. The pages with landscape graphics were mishandled and therefore "clipped". I loaded xpdf and read the doc and had no problem with t