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Re: Acroread broken?



on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:23:57AM +0800, Arne Goetje (arne@goetje-online.de) wrote:
> > * Change your X display depth and try again.
> >
> > * Do some searches on acroread and your display driver. Perhaps there is
> > an incompatibility in the driver.
> >
> 
> I tried, but the same result. I even switched from vesa driver to sis...
> 
> > And in the meantime use another PDF viewer such as gv or xpdf.
> 
> ok... I will use gv, I think...
> Then I don't need acroread...

I'd drop acroread based on Adobe's prosecution of Dmitry Sklyarov under
the DMCA.

I use both gv and xpdf as free alternatives to acroread.  I prefer gv's
navigation, though xpdf handles some files gv doesn't.  xpdf provides
cut-and-paste capabilities.

Peace.

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