On Friday 12 January 2007 08:43, Carl Cerecke wrote: > evince is a rarely used word: > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evince You learn a new one every day.
> flpsed is pretty random[1] though. Not once you know the derivation(s). FL - taken from the Fast and Light toolkit. PS - PostScript ED - EDitor. Yes, I agree that Software geeks are not given to spending time thinking up good marketing names. Having agonised through the process in the past, I assure you it takes a long time to come up with a good name because almost all the decent ones have been taken already. Time which many think is better spent on writing quality code. A sentiment with which I tend to agree. What's in a handle after all? > Cheers, > Carl. > > [1] Random is my 9yr old daughter's most recent 'word'. Every second > thing is 'random'. > > On 12/01/07, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cool! > > > > Damn cool! > > > > Superlatively cool! > > > > Does anyone know why so many linux apps tend to have completely > > non-intuitive names? Acroread is moderately obvious, but evince > > and flpsed don't seem to have anything to do with pdf. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ross Drummond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 12 January 2007 12:07 a.m. > > To: CLUG mailing list > > Subject: flpsed > > > > > > In another thread Don Gould wrote; > > > > "You should also have to fill out this!... > > > > http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Community/Funding/FundingApplicationForm.pdf > > > > Which you will have to print because it's not a word processor > > document that you can just edit..." > > > > Oh no you don't! Use flpsed. > > > > This application allows you to superimpose text over the part of > > pdf forms you > > would normally fill in. > > > > To find out more go to; > > > > http://www.ecademix.com/JohannesHofmann/ > > > > For an example go to; > > > > http://www.inet.net.nz/~rossd/example.pdf > > > > Cheers Ross Drummond
