Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 10:08:10PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: Have you tested how xpdf deals with them? But xpdf has many problems with fonts :( Mirek

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 08:58:55 +0200, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 10:08:10PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: Have you tested how xpdf deals with them? But xpdf has many problems with fonts :( Sure, but that's somewhat besides the point. If xpdf does not produce errors

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

I have these problems too. So I start using Acrobat Reader for viewing PDFs. Nice thing about it is, that you can use it also in noninteractive way as a part of pipe for PDF-PS conversion. Then you may continue with GS. Regards, Radim On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 01:02:38PM -0400, David Teague

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

Hello David, On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, David Teague wrote: Subject line says it all. ghostview crashes when I try to read .pdf files created recently. Is there a fix? Hope someone knows ... or can give me a pointer to another source of information. AFAIK, ghostview really has difficulties with

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

Daniel Thanks for your reply. I have embeded some responses to your comments. I prefer free software, but if someone will pay me, I'll even use MS software. I'm revising a text for a publisher and noted author, and myh copy to edit is .pdf. I went out to adobe's site and fetched acrobat reader.

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

Hi Are you sure those files aren't encrypted? Otherwise install an extra 'viewer' for ghostview, called: gs-pdfencryp This package provides the modifications necessary to view encrypted PDF files with the gs and gs-aladdin packages. Good luck... On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Daniel Reuter wrote:

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

Thanks Martijn, and others for your replies. I don't think the files are encrypted. Everybody I talk to says ghostscript has trouble with newer .pdf. When I had encrypted .pdf files a couple of years ago, ghostscript complained that I needed a decrypting package, and when I got it, ghostview

Re: Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 13:02:38 -0400, David Teague wrote: ghostview crashes when I try to read .pdf files created recently. Is there a fix? Have you tested how xpdf deals with them? Ray -- Obsig: developing a new sig

Ghostvie won't read recent .pdf files

All Subject line says it all. ghostview crashes when I try to read .pdf files created recently. Is there a fix? Hope someone knows ... or can give me a pointer to another source of information. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,