On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Matthias Rüster <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > --
How does it compare to epdfview? Links up to poppler, and appears to get the job done. (I've actually abandoned xpdf a while back for this package). -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) ------ Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
