Re: Availability of pdf reader.
On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 17:28:44 +0100
Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Am Mittwoch, 24. Dezember 2014, 09:34:08
> schrieb John Culleton:
> > I have pdf files intended for online reading
> > with embedded links to web addresses. I need
> > a pdf reader that will execute these links
> > when they are clicked on. I know Acrobat
> > Reader will execute these links. Currently
> > Okular will not. It will outline them but not
> > execute them. Is there another pdf reader
> > available to Knoppix theat honors web links
> > in a pdf file?
> >
> > Alternatively is here a way to get Acrobat
> > Reader for a knoppix installation?
>
> I use this on Debian Sid:
>
> merkaba:~> apt-cache search mozilla kpart
> kpartsplugin - Netscape-compatible plugin to
> embed KDE file-viewers into browser
>
> Which gives me Okular and other KDE
> file-viewers within Iceweasel.
>
> I am happy that I didn´t need any Acrobut
> Reader stuff on any of my Linux installations
> for years.
>
> And I will spring up happily once I removed any
> traces of Adobe Flash from all of my systems –
> currently I still have the pepperflash plugin
> installed for that.
>
> Ciao,
As soon as I ask I find the answer. Okular in
Presentation mode honors web links.
--
John Culleton
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