Re: xpdf slow
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 08:09:00AM -0400, igor denisov wrote: > Hello there, > > May someone help me with the following. > > My xpdf is very slow on pdf files from www.archive.org. That is to be expected. Get the djvu files instead. There is no way to /decently/ use big image pdf files like those, even with acrobat reader and on the latest hardware.
Re: xpdf slow
> xpdf is always slow :P > > unrelated: have you tried zathura?, it's in ports, it seems a whole lot > faster > to me... or mupdf, my current favorite.
Re: xpdf slow
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:09 AM, igor denisov wrote: > Hello there, > > May someone help me with the following. > > My xpdf is very slow on pdf files from www.archive.org. > pdf is attached. > > xpdfrc > > # > > #- display fonts > > # These map the Base-14 fonts to the Type 1 fonts that ship with > # ghostscript. B You'll almost certainly want to use something like > # this, but you'll need to adjust this to point to wherever > # ghostscript is installed on your system. B (But if the fonts are > # installed in a "standard" location, xpdf will find them > # automatically.) > > displayFontT1 B B B B B B B B B B B B B /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ > displayFontT1 B B B B B B B B B B B B B /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled > displayFontT1 > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled > displayFontT1 Times-Roman > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021003l.pfb > displayFontT1 Times-Italic > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021023l.pfb > displayFontT1 Times-Bold > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021004l.pfb > displayFontT1 Times-BoldItalic > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pfb > displayFontT1 Helvetica > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb > displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb > displayFontT1 Helvetica > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb > displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb > displayFontT1 Helvetica-Bold > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019004l.pfb > displayFontT1 Helvetica-BoldOblique > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019024l.pfb > displayFontT1 Courier > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb > displayFontT1 Courier-Oblique > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022023l.pfb > displayFontT1 Courier-Bold > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022004l.pfb > displayFontT1 Courier-BoldOblique > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022024l.pfb > displayFontT1 Symbol > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/s05l.pfb > displayFontT1 ZapfDingbats > /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/d05l.pfb > displayFontT1 B B B B B B B B B B B B B /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ > > # If you need to display PDF files that refer to non-embedded fonts, > # you should add one or more fontDir options to point to the > # directories containing the font files. B Xpdf will only look at .pfa, > # .pfb, and .ttf files in those directories (other files will simply > # be ignored). > > #fontDir B B B B B B B B /usr/local/fonts/bakoma > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of appliedgeophysic00rast.pdf] > > xpdf is always slow :P unrelated: have you tried zathura?, it's in ports, it seems a whole lot faster to me...
xpdf slow
Hello there, May someone help me with the following. My xpdf is very slow on pdf files from www.archive.org. pdf is attached. xpdfrc # #- display fonts # These map the Base-14 fonts to the Type 1 fonts that ship with # ghostscript. You'll almost certainly want to use something like # this, but you'll need to adjust this to point to wherever # ghostscript is installed on your system. (But if the fonts are # installed in a "standard" location, xpdf will find them # automatically.) displayFontT1 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ displayFontT1 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled displayFontT1 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled displayFontT1 Times-Roman /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021003l.pfb displayFontT1 Times-Italic /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021023l.pfb displayFontT1 Times-Bold /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021004l.pfb displayFontT1 Times-BoldItalic /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica-Bold /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019004l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica-BoldOblique /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019024l.pfb displayFontT1 Courier /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb displayFontT1 Courier-Oblique /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022023l.pfb displayFontT1 Courier-Bold /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022004l.pfb displayFontT1 Courier-BoldOblique /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022024l.pfb displayFontT1 Symbol /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/s05l.pfb displayFontT1 ZapfDingbats /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/d05l.pfb displayFontT1 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ # If you need to display PDF files that refer to non-embedded fonts, # you should add one or more fontDir options to point to the # directories containing the font files. Xpdf will only look at .pfa, # .pfb, and .ttf files in those directories (other files will simply # be ignored). #fontDir/usr/local/fonts/bakoma [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of appliedgeophysic00rast.pdf]
