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Re: Websites which insist upon Adobe Acrobat



On Thursday 03 September 2009 10:47:00 Charles wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:27:52 -0400
> Charles <debianlist@videotron.ca> wrote:
> > > Can't you look in the source of the site, and see if the link to
> > > the pdf is named in some javascript function? (firebug is great
> > > for that) Of course not ideal, but it might just work.
> >
> >   Good idea. I will do that.
>
> function getAcrobatVersion() {
[...]
>          // Checking for Adobe Reader 8 and later since plugin name
> has changed if (plugin.description.indexOf("Adobe PDF") > -1) {
>             acrobatVersion = 8;
>             break;
>          }
[...]
> 	}

If you are somewhat comfortable with Javascript, use GreaseMonkey add-on to 
replace this function with:
getAcrobatVersion() {
	acrobatVersion = 8;
	break;
}
and then let mozplugger hand the file off to whatever PDF application you 
prefer.
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