On Wed, 2021-09-22 at 20:14 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2021-09-22, Jack <ostrof...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > On 2021.09.22 15:06, the...@sys-concept.com wrote:
> > > I have a pdf fillable form which I can only open in acrobat reader on  
> > > Windows.
> > > 
> > > Which package do I use to read these form on Gentoo?
> > 
> > You should be able to read them with any PDF reader.
> 
> Nope. It uses Javascript and dynamic XFA content. None of the
> third-party PDF readers support that.
> 
> 
> > Not all readers  
> > will allow you to fill in the forms and save with the inserted data.  I  
> > use Okular for that, but the dependencies may be a lot if you don't  
> > already run KDE.  I wouldn't be surprised if the Gnome PDF reader  
> > (evince?) can also do it.
> 
> none of evince, atril or pdfstudio support dynamic XFA.
> 

Firefox 93 brags[1] of support for XFA PDFs... maybe this is a possible
solution?

1: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/93.0/releasenotes/


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