Package: xpdf-reader Version: 3.02-1.3 Severity: wishlist
This is a usability issue. When I'm reading text in xpdf, often one page does not quite fit on my screen. So, when I push page-down the first time, it switches to the bottom of the page, then the next page-down switches document pages. Now, on the page-down presses that do NOT change the document page, it's easy to loose track of where your eyes were in the document. For instance, on my current system, the viewing window shifts downward 7 lines, so you have to shift your eyes up 7 lines. Needless to say, counting up is inconvenient and slows down the reading process. In some documents, there are obvious landmarks (i.e. images, or odd-shaped blocks of text), but in other documents it may not be easy. For instance on pages that are nearly solid text without blatant paragraph breaks, I frequently lose track, and need to search to find the point where I was reading. Any time you lose track, it can take several seconds to find your place again, which slows down the process of reading dramatically. Here's what I'd suggest: Whenever page-up/down does NOT cause a change of the document page, put up a temporary mark to show where the visible area used to end. I'd suggest drawing a dashed or grey line across the image and leaving it on the screen for about 1 second. Readers would then rapidly learn that the temporary mark tells them where their eyes used to be. Then, readers would automatically move their eyes to the mark and continue reading. Reading in xpdf would be much faster and less annoying. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xpdf depends on: ii xpdf-common 3.02-1.3 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui ii xpdf-reader 3.02-1.3 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui ii xpdf-utils 3.02-1.3 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui xpdf recommends no packages. Versions of packages xpdf-reader depends on: ii gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre43-2 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpre ii lesstif2 1:0.95.0-2.1 OSF/Motif 2.1 implementation relea ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfreetype6 2.3.5-1+b1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.3-20080116-1 GCC support library ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libpaper1 1.1.23 library for handling paper charact ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-1+b1 X11 Session Management library ii libstdc++6 4.3-20080116-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libt1-5 5.1.1-5 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxp6 1:1.0.0.xsf1-1 X Printing Extension (Xprint) clie ii libxpm4 1:3.5.7-1 X11 pixmap library ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii xpdf-common 3.02-1.3 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
