Re: Reading pdf files
On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:11:17PM -0700, Fred wrote:
> On 06/15/2019 08:40 AM, k. jantzen wrote:
> >On 6/13/19 4:29 PM, k. jantzen wrote:
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>in general I do not have a problem reading a pdf file with either xpdf
> >>or documentviewer.
> >>
> >>But once in a while I get a pdf file that they cannot read and then I
> >>have to go to Windows to open it.
> >>
> >>What is so spectacular about these files that they cannot be read by the
> >>above mentioned programs? Is there another program that would read such
> >>a file?
> >>
> >>Thanks for your help.
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >thanks a lot for this interesting discussion.
> >
> >As stated before I used documentviewer and xpdf.
> >
> >As a consequence of this discussion I tried evince and mupdf.
> >They did not solve the problem.
> >I did not try atril and okular because for those I would have to install
> >so much extra stuff that I probably will use only in this context.
> >Thus I do not know whether they would solve the problem.
> >
> >My conclusion: This seems to be the result of generating the pdf file
> >under Windows. To read the file I have to use the latest version of the
> >Acrobat Reader. Thus I will continue to use Windows in the few cases I get
> >such a document.
> >
> >Thanks a lot.
> >
> >K.D.J.
> >
> >
> Hello,
>
> Possibly you could run Adobe Reader under wine and not actually have to run
> Windows.
>
> Best regards,
> Fred
>
xournal is a good option
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