Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows
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On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:45:33AM -0500, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> On Mon, October 12, 2015 11:15 pm, Stuart Longland wrote:
> > There's also a Windows port of Evince.
>
> Thanks, Stuart; that knowledge may be useful. But installing Evince
> likely is beyond the technical ability of my associate. I hope that he
> has Adobe Reader running.
If he has -- too bad. If he hasn't, be sure to skim [1] and [2] before
making a recommendation.
(Executive summary: there are lots of nice, free PDF viewers, even for
Windows. The FSF has been making an effort to publicize that fact [3] and
to get web pages to recommend those alternatives too).
> Recently I was in an office and spoke with the resident Windows expert; I
> was shocked to discover that I had a far better understanding of Windows
> than did he, even though I have not had to grapple with Windows for almost
> fifteen years now. I remember how, years ago, regular observance of the
> ritual of defragmenting the drive was essential, and consumed a
> significant portion of the system uptime; I wonder whether that has
> changed.
That's my experience too (with some exceptions, which always take me by
surprise :-)
There seems to be some affinity between those who choose a proprietary
OS and those who don't feel the urge to look under the hood.
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[1] <http://pdfreaders.org/>
[2] <http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-lightweight-and-free-pdf-viewers/>
[3] <https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/reclaiming-the-pdf-from-adobe-reader>
regards
- -- tomás
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