Quoting franiortiz hotmail (2019-06-17 11:33:30) > 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: >>>>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? [...] >>>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. [...] > xournal is a good option I find Xournal useful for making freeform annotations - in particular for writing my signature on contracts where the recipient accepts/requires such weak form of digital-but-not-cryptographic signature. ...but I highly doubt that Xournal is any better at rendering documents which fails to render for Evince (a.k.a. documentviewer) - which was the issue raised by the original poster. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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