At last, a PDF viewer that doesn't look like something the cat dragged in! :) gPDF, the GNOME PDF viewer is now available from www.usr-local-bin.org Am I good to you or what? :) James -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.2) GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
On 23 Apr 2003 11:36:26 +0100
James Ogley
At last, a PDF viewer that doesn't look like something the cat dragged in! :)
gPDF, the GNOME PDF viewer is now available from www.usr-local-bin.org
There is also kpdf in kdenonbeta. Charles -- "Open Standards, Open Documents, and Open Source" -- Scott Bradner (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates)
In a previous message, James Ogley wrote:
At last, a PDF viewer that doesn't look like something the cat dragged in! :)
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to produce such good results - when I opened a PDF produced by printing from cxoffice (the PDF opens and prints perfectly in acroread), it was garbled, as though it was using the wrong character glyph in every case. I'll have to stick with acroread :-( John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!
John Pettigrew wrote:
In a previous message, James Ogley wrote:
At last, a PDF viewer that doesn't look like something the cat dragged in! :)
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to produce such good results - when I opened a PDF produced by printing from cxoffice (the PDF opens and prints perfectly in acroread), it was garbled, as though it was using the wrong character glyph in every case. I'll have to stick with acroread :-(
John
I must ask what is wrong with xpdf, light, fast, and really working pdf viewer, not too ugly I think, since most of the space is really for the document and not the app. Though I haven't printed out of it in a very long time, so I can't say much about those abilities anymore.. P_s
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:55:01 +0100
John Pettigrew
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to produce such good results - when I opened a PDF produced by printing from cxoffice (the PDF opens and prints perfectly in acroread), it was garbled, as though it was using the wrong character glyph in every case. I'll have to stick with acroread :-(
Xpdf uses a config file for improved fonts. I presume since gpdf is based on xpdf, it uses the same config file. Just put the attached xpdfrc in /etc, and see if it helps. Charles -- "It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God." (By Matt Welsh)
Xpdf uses a config file for improved fonts. I presume since gpdf is based on xpdf, it uses the same config file. Just put the attached xpdfrc in /etc, and see if it helps.
Thanks for that, I'll try it in an updated package when I am back in the office on Monday, and feed it to the developers if it does the job. -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.1). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
On 24 Apr 2003 10:50:15 +0100
James Ogley
Thanks for that,
No problem. The xpdfrc that I send you uses type1 fonts, but you can also use truetype as well. The instructions are in the FAQ or somewhere in the documentation of the xpdf tarball. Charles -- The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first. (Arno Schaefer's .sig)
In a previous message, Charles Philip Chan wrote:
Xpdf uses a config file for improved fonts. I presume since gpdf is based on xpdf, it uses the same config file. Just put the attached xpdfrc in /etc, and see if it helps.
Didn't help, I'm afraid. In case it's helpful, the result I'm seeing is this: http://www.xl-cambridge.com/egc/Screenshot.png Gpdf is on the left, acroread on the right. As you can see, gpdf gets the character glyphs completely wrong. This pdf file was produced by piping MSWord print through ps2pdf (the only way I could get cxoffice1 to print on my system). John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
Didn't help, I'm afraid. In case it's helpful, the result I'm seeing is this: http://www.xl-cambridge.com/egc/Screenshot.png Gpdf is on the left, acroread on the right. As you can see, gpdf gets the character glyphs completely wrong. This pdf file was produced by piping MSWord print through ps2pdf (the only way I could get cxoffice1 to print on my system).
Hmmm, I've not seen this type of behaviour on my system, could you send me the PDF in question off-list so I can test it? Cheers James -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc Work: james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Personal: james@rubberturnip.org.uk www.rubberturnip.org.uk Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
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