Convert pdf files to .doc or formats that Open Office opens

2009-03-08 Thread Moshe Brace using Yahoo
http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2009/03/05/convert-pdf-files-to-word-documents-and-other-formats/ How to Geek has a Ubunto advice also on their web pages. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il

DWG Drawings

2009-03-08 Thread Noam Rathaus
Hi, I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I can't find any beside the

Re: DWG Drawings

2009-03-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I can't find any beside the

Re: DWG Drawings

2009-03-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
I'd add that while AutoCAD's DWG format is proprietary, and very closely protected, AutoDESK has shown some move towards FOSS in releasing their web map server, Mapguide Open Source as a fully open source project. Furthermore, AutoDesk is a major contributor to the foundation known as OSGeo

Re: DWG Drawings

2009-03-08 Thread Micha Silver
Dotan Cohen wrote: I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I

Re: Convert pdf files to .doc or formats that Open Office opens

2009-03-08 Thread Herouth Maoz
Quoting Moshe Brace using Yahoo mbrace...@yahoo.co.uk: http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2009/03/05/convert-pdf-files-to-word-documents-and-other-formats/ How to Geek has a Ubunto advice also on their web pages. As far as I know, Hebrew doesn't work well with such solutions. It's kept

Re: DWG Drawings

2009-03-08 Thread Yosef Meller
ציטוט Noam Rathaus: Hi, I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I

Re: DWG Drawings

2009-03-08 Thread Noam Rathaus
Varicard software (viewer) appears to be free of charge and not a trial version and works natively on Debian (Linux). Thanks for the tip. On Sunday 08 March 2009 21:23:13 Yosef Meller wrote: ציטוט Noam Rathaus: Hi, I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions