On 03/26/12 10:00, Thomas de Roo wrote:
> On 03/26/12 09:22, Ragnar Thomsen wrote:
>> We should consider removing the following packages from BLFS:
>>
>> -Qpopper: There was a discussion back in nov. 2010 and people seemed to 
>> agree that it should be removed. This never happened, though.
>>
>> -Pilot-link: Last release in may 2009. Are people still using Palm Pilots?
>>
>> -Xpdf: It seems poppler provides the same functionality and additionally 
>> includes a shared library.
>>
>> Comments/objections?
>>
>> -Ragnar-
>>
>>                                      
> I wouldn't remove Xpdf. Although the page needs to be updated, Xpdf
> offers a PDF-viewer, poppler doesn't. I use Xpdf, because I don't have
> all the Gnome or KDE-stuff om my machine, needed for the other PDF-viewers.
>
> Groet,
> Thomas

Hi,

there is the simple pdf viewer mupdf which could be a good alternative 
to Xpdf:

http://www.mupdf.com

Download:
http://mupdf.googlecode.com/files/mupdf-0.9-source.tar.gz

You will need freetype2, jbig2dec, libjpeg, openjpeg, and zlib.
Or unzip the thirdparty package:

http://mupdf.googlecode.com/files/mupdf-thirdparty.zip

May give it a try ;)
Perhaps this viewer is worth to add it to the book...

Personally I belive Xpdf is one of the worst pdf viewer in terms of 
zooming and anti-aliasing.

MR
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