Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

On 2017-08-02, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Master PDF is a PDF editor, not viewer. -> it should be added to PDF editors I an not sure PDF editors are already supported by configure.py, but they can be set via Tools>Preferences. + no interference with PDF viewers - it is not clear how to use this entry.

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

El 31.07.2017 a las 19:50, Christian Ridderström escribió: The reason for my reluctance is probably: - Any risk of licensing-related issues, i.e. is Master PDF honouring SW licenses correctly. Please. Since when are we there to judge other software? The user is free to decide what he likes.

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

On 31 July 2017 at 19:52, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Kornel Benko wrote: > > > It is not a demo. Only if you want to have all features like e.g. > > > splitting PDF pages one has to buy another version. So it is the same > as > > > with Acrobat Reader, for the full feature set of

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> There's one certainty, regardless of the OS: no matter which order you >> specify, /someone/ is going to complain. ;-) > > Yes. So to avoid a discussion about it I have undone the sort order change > in the attached updated patch. Actually you did not. 'masterpdfeditor4' is

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

Kornel Benko wrote: > > It is not a demo. Only if you want to have all features like e.g. > > splitting PDF pages one has to buy another version. So it is the same as > > with Acrobat Reader, for the full feature set of Acrobat one has to pay. > > Do we really try to promote commercial

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

On 30 July 2017 at 23:47, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >Under Linux I was looking for a PDF program with which I can properly > >fill out and submit PDF forms. I found the Program Master PDF editor > >and > >would therefore like to support it in LyX. > > To be frank I never

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 12:18:59AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > El 30.07.2017 a las 23:47, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes escribió: > > > > would therefore like to support it in LyX. > > > > To be frank I never heard of it before today. It seems to be some > > commercial program which only can be found as

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:22:48AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > El 31.07.2017 a las 01:00, Paul A. Rubin escribió: > > > IIRC, the script cycles through the options and stops at the first > > match. (This is true on all operating systems, not just Linux.) If, for > > example, Evince precedes Xreader

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 07:00:44PM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > I could make an argument for putting choices not normally > installed ahead of the ones packaged with the operating system (call that > one the system default), on the theory that if the user installed something > other than the

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

Am Montag, 31. Juli 2017 um 00:18:59, schrieb Uwe Stöhr > El 30.07.2017 a las 23:47, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes escribió: > > >> would therefore like to support it in LyX. > > > > To be frank I never heard of it before today. It seems to be some > > commercial program which only

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

El 31.07.2017 a las 01:00, Paul A. Rubin escribió: IIRC, the script cycles through the options and stops at the first match. (This is true on all operating systems, not just Linux.) If, for example, Evince precedes Xreader and the user has both installed, the default will become Evince, even

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

On 07/30/2017 06:26 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Okular -> qpdfview -> Evince means 2 Qt programs before the first GTK program. I noticed that on popular distros (Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora) Evince is the default viewer. Still true for Fedora and Ubuntu (I think); on Mint, the default viewer is now

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

El 30.07.2017 a las 22:10, Stephan Witt escribió: You didn’t mention the change to remove xreader. Did you remove it accidentally? Oops, sorry. Attached is the correct patch where this is not removed. Why did you change the order of tested programs? Okular -> qpdfview -> Evince means 2 Qt

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

El 30.07.2017 a las 23:47, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes escribió: would therefore like to support it in LyX. To be frank I never heard of it before today. It seems to be some commercial program which only can be found as demo. I am not very fond of promoting such things. It is not a demo. Only if

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

Le 30 juillet 2017 21:51:15 GMT+02:00, "Uwe Stöhr" a écrit : >I reviewed the PDF viewers LyX is searching for. It turned out that the > >last stable version of KGhostView and KPDF were released 9 years ago, >so >I think we could remove their support. Yes, that make sense, or

Re: [patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

Am 30.07.2017 um 21:51 schrieb Uwe Stöhr : > > I reviewed the PDF viewers LyX is searching for. It turned out that the last > stable version of KGhostView and KPDF were released 9 years ago, so I think > we could remove their support. > > Under Linux I was looking for a PDF

[patch] update PDF viewers in configure.py

I reviewed the PDF viewers LyX is searching for. It turned out that the last stable version of KGhostView and KPDF were released 9 years ago, so I think we could remove their support. Under Linux I was looking for a PDF program with which I can properly fill out and submit PDF forms. I found