Bug#619934: /usr/bin/pdfopt: Let Adobe do its own advertizement rather than pdfopt
> # upstream documentation
> tags 619934 + upstream
> severity 619934 minor
> quit
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> adds "hint" pointers, allowing Adobe's Acrobat(TM) products to display
>> individual pages of the file more quickly when accessing the file
>> through a network.
>> [...]
>>
>> I see no need for such advertizement of products whose companies don't
>> reciprocate. I.e. just say "...allowing PDF viewers to display...".
> What you say makes some sense, assuming it is technically accurate.
> Because I am lazy: do evince, xpdf, and other poppler-based viewers
> implement that feature, too?
Even if they don't it is still technically accurate that those "hint
pointers" allow any PDF viewer to display individual pages more quickly.
"Allow" only indicates that it makes it possible, not that it
does happen. At least, I don't see any particular reason why only
Acrobat would be allowed to use those hints.
Stefan
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