Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, navaja wrote: (gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. kind of ironic seeing as its pupose in life is to be a Portable document format! A little bit, yes. But I can only remember one PDF that didn't display properly, and it was probably created wrongly. Generally I'm quite satisfied with the portability of PDF files. Largest problem has been that Acrobat renders very ugly Type-3 fonts on screen which tend to be quite common in LaTeX world. Fortunately new LaTeX installations can usually easily produce PDFs with Type-1 fonts too.
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, navaja wrote: (gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. kind of ironic seeing as its pupose in life is to be a Portable document format! A little bit, yes. But I can only remember one PDF that didn't display properly, and it was probably created wrongly. Generally I'm quite satisfied with the portability of PDF files. Largest problem has been that Acrobat renders very ugly Type-3 fonts on screen which tend to be quite common in LaTeX world. Fortunately new LaTeX installations can usually easily produce PDFs with Type-1 fonts too.
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, navaja wrote: >>(gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for >>someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check >>whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% >>foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread >>behave differently. >kind of ironic seeing as its pupose in life is to be a Portable document >format! A little bit, yes. But I can only remember one PDF that didn't display properly, and it was probably created wrongly. Generally I'm quite satisfied with the portability of PDF files. Largest problem has been that Acrobat renders very ugly Type-3 fonts on screen which tend to be quite common in LaTeX world. Fortunately new LaTeX installations can usually easily produce PDFs with Type-1 fonts too.
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, James Frye wrote: 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' and 'gv'. There's also one called 'ggv'. It has better text quality than anything else I've seen (antialiased fonts, I think), but a terrible user I haven't heard about ggv, but gv has also antialiased text and also graphics (via ghostscript). You can enable it from menu. ghostview _doesn't_ have antialiasing. Then there's also mgv (motif ghostview) which has nice interface for those accustomed with Motif/Lesstif.
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
(gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. kind of ironic seeing as its pupose in life is to be a Portable document format!
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, James Frye wrote: 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' and 'gv'. There's also one called 'ggv'. It has better text quality than anything else I've seen (antialiased fonts, I think), but a terrible user I haven't heard about ggv, but gv has also antialiased text and also graphics (via ghostscript). You can enable it from menu. ghostview _doesn't_ have antialiasing. Then there's also mgv (motif ghostview) which has nice interface for those accustomed with Motif/Lesstif.
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
(gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. kind of ironic seeing as its pupose in life is to be a Portable document format!
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, James Frye wrote: >> 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' >> and 'gv'. > >There's also one called 'ggv'. It has better text quality than anything >else I've seen (antialiased fonts, I think), but a terrible user I haven't heard about ggv, but gv has also antialiased text and also graphics (via ghostscript). You can enable it from menu. ghostview _doesn't_ have antialiasing. Then there's also mgv (motif ghostview) which has nice interface for those accustomed with Motif/Lesstif.
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
(gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. kind of ironic seeing as its pupose in life is to be a Portable document format!
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Andre Poenitz wrote: 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' and 'gv'. There's also one called 'ggv'. It has better text quality than anything else I've seen (antialiased fonts, I think), but a terrible user interface. Hard to get it to display at the size I want, and not at its idea of the proper' size. James
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Andre Poenitz wrote: 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' and 'gv'. There's also one called 'ggv'. It has better text quality than anything else I've seen (antialiased fonts, I think), but a terrible user interface. Hard to get it to display at the size I want, and not at its idea of the proper' size. James
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Andre Poenitz wrote: > 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' > and 'gv'. There's also one called 'ggv'. It has better text quality than anything else I've seen (antialiased fonts, I think), but a terrible user interface. Hard to get it to display at the size I want, and not at its idea of the "proper' size. James
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 06:26:04PM +0700, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello, Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' and 'gv'. Andre'
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:26 am, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello, Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? My personal preference, based on ease of use the way I use it, is ghostview (gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. Les
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
Les Denham wrote: On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:26 am, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello, Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? My personal preference, based on ease of use the way I use it, is ghostview (gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. Les If you are using any of the fancy features of pdf (such as annotations for example) then they will only work in acroread in my experience. Raphael
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 06:26:04PM +0700, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello, Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' and 'gv'. Andre'
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:26 am, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello, Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? My personal preference, based on ease of use the way I use it, is ghostview (gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. Les
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
Les Denham wrote: On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:26 am, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello, Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? My personal preference, based on ease of use the way I use it, is ghostview (gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. Les If you are using any of the fancy features of pdf (such as annotations for example) then they will only work in acroread in my experience. Raphael
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 06:26:04PM +0700, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: > Hello, > > Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer > (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? 'Best' depends on the beholder... alternatives are 'acroread', 'xpdf' and 'gv'. Andre'
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:26 am, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: > Hello, > > Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer > (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? > My personal preference, based on ease of use the way I use it, is ghostview (gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. Les
Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux
Les Denham wrote: On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:26 am, Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello, Anyone can help me pls. I'd like to know which is the best ps/pdf viewer (application) in Linux beside ¨kghostview¨ par exemple? My personal preference, based on ease of use the way I use it, is ghostview (gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acroread behave differently. Les If you are using any of the fancy features of pdf (such as annotations for example) then they will only work in acroread in my experience. Raphael
