Hi, This is strange. I use also the 8.1.2 version of Acrobat Reader on a MAC with OS 10.4. I have precisely the same problems als Frans mentioned. - I now realize that I encountered this already a longer time ago, but due to the fact that I download manuals directly from the tree, I forgot this.
Kind regards Willi On Sep 28, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Stanley Hudson wrote: > I had the same problem with Safari. I am not a fan of Adobe > installations and all the extra stuff that goes on with them, but > installing Reader did fix it. > > Stan > > . > On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Frans Goddijn wrote: > >> When I click on the showcase link, my Firefox 3.0.3 _downloads_ de >> PDF, doesn't show it in the browser. I then double click the >> downloaded file, Adobe Reader 8.1.2 starts up and if I click a link, >> it says "There was an error opening this document. This file >> cannot be >> found." >> >> I deleted the Reader and downloaded/installed Reader 9.0.0 from the >> Adobe website. This time no error message but also no action when I >> click on any link but "quit" >> >> Still, it must be something on my machine, since others don't have >> this problem. >> >> Best >> >> Frans >> >> >> >> On 28 sep 2008, at 14:13, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >> Frans Goddijn wrote: >>> Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and >>> I'm >>> working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's >>> been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic >>> manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things. >>> >>> On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from >>> the >>> http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf >>> page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser, >>> nothing >>> happens if I click on the "manuals" link. In Firefox, the showcase >>> PDF >>> is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full >>> screen, I get error messages for the links "there was an error >>> opening >>> this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the "quit" >>> link ;-) >>> >>> Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the >>> mac as >>> well? >> >> doesn't acrobat work? (the mac pdf browser is somewhat limited); best >> use acrobat reader as plugin >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE >> Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands >> tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com >> | www.pragma-pod.nl >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> ______________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an >> entry >> to the Wiki! >> >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ >> ntg-context >> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >> archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> ______________ >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> ______________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an >> entry to the Wiki! >> >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ >> ntg-context >> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >> archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> ______________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ > ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
