Sorry I'm a bit lost - can I or can I not use konqUeror under xfce without dragging along half of kde?
Thank you AZ On Oct 29, 2012 4:10 PM, "zxq9" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/30/2012 01:53 AM, Andrew Z wrote: > >> Probably docs and pics are a bit of stretch. But would be nice to have >> one viewer for documents. Say PDF and djv would be very useful. I'll >> give a try to evidence. >> > > Along the same lines, Konqueror displays nearly everything. Images, PDF, > PS, vector formats, directory contents, HTML pages (rendering is slower > than other browser engines if you use JavaScript -- but if you turn off JS > and use it as an HTML document viewer its awesome), some XML formats, > directory contents, FTP mount points, etc. It can even be made to display > OpenDocument files (either by embedding LO/OO or by using Ocular's ODT > (currently somewhat limited) rendering engine). It is designed to be a > universal data surfer, not primarily a "Web 2.0" type web browser. > > It is a KDE core application, but it isn't necessary to use KDE to use > Konqueror. Default PDF display is through Ocular -- a document viewer I > find to have a slightly happier interface than Evince. > > If you run into a type that Konqueror isn't displaying internally you can > almost always find a way to configure it to do so if there is a KDE-style > program that can display what you want (and there nearly always is). After > getting familiar with it, I've found it to be hugely comfortable, > especially since it doubles as a file browser. > > My $0.02 >
