Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows
On Tue 13 Oct 2015 at 22:40:24 +0300, Reco wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:37:34 +0100
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Try downloading this document and reading it with mupdf (or a Linux
> > viewer of your choice).
> >
> > wget https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373943/nrl1i.pdf
> >
> > There may be an ISO standard for a PDF but not all PDF's conform to the
> > standard. Don't forget: standards are good; everyone can have one. :)
>
> Or, in this particular case, not all PDF viewers conform to the
> standard. Embedding Javascript (or, $DEITY forbid, Flash) into PDF was
> possible since PDF 1.5 IIRC, and embedded Javascript (or rather, lack
> of support of) is the reason that this particular PDF should only show
> meaningless "Upgrade your Acrobat Reader" page in anything other than
> Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The PDF contains Adobe XML Forms Architecture (XFA), a proprietary and
non-ISO implementation. What standard do Linux viewers have to adopt to
view it?
Not all PDFs are created equal.
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