Longest thread ever...and on an esoteric bug in a proprietary Linux program
by Adobe, and started by Keith! Never would have thought I'd see the day!
On Mar 4, 2014 11:47 PM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:
I don't have a list handy, all I have is experience. I realize that is
anecdotal evidence
On Sun, Mar 02, 2014 at 01:30:35PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
I updated Adobe's acrobat reader (acroread) from version 7 to version 9. I
now find a directory in my home directory called C:\nppdf32Log\ that
contains a single log file.
That bothers me too, sometimes. Annoying me is one thing,
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
So, I hacked up a shell/perl script that fixes this, download from
http://keithl.com/fixpdf.sh
Thanks, Keith.
Naive as I am, I wonder why a simple 'rm -rf C:\nppdf32Log\' in
~/.bash_logout wouldn't work as well.
Regards,
Rich
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:
Naive as I am, I wonder why a simple 'rm -rf C:\nppdf32Log\' in
~/.bash_logout wouldn't work as well.
Actually, the correct command is 'rm -rf C:\\nppdf32Log\\debuglog.txt'
and should probably be preceeded by a test to see if the file is present.
On 03/04/14 13:02, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
On Sun, Mar 02, 2014 at 01:30:35PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
I updated Adobe's acrobat reader (acroread) from version 7 to version 9. I
now find a directory in my home directory called C:\nppdf32Log\ that
contains a single log file.
That bothers
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote:
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:
Naive as I am, I wonder why a simple 'rm -rf C:\nppdf32Log\' in
~/.bash_logout wouldn't work as well.
Actually, the correct command is 'rm -rf
Are there specific functions included in Adobe Acroread that makes it worth
messing with? Most of the folks that I know (including myself) use libre
software applications like Okular for dealing with PDFs other file types.
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:37 PM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:
On Tue,
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, wes wrote:
Keith's fix is to stop it from generating those files at all. rm'ing them
would just delete them, only for them to be created again in the future.
wes,
I understand. Since the silly file seems to be benign, I don't see how it
makes a difference. Keith's code
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, elcaseti . wrote:
Are there specific functions included in Adobe Acroread that makes it
worth messing with? Most of the folks that I know (including myself) use
libre software applications like Okular for dealing with PDFs other file
types.
I find myself using three
Interesting. I've never run into a pdf that Okular couldn't read. Maybe I
will someday.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote:
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, elcaseti . wrote:
Are there specific functions included in Adobe Acroread that makes it
worth messing
most people design PDFs using adobe products - I wouldn't assume
that's still true. It might be, but it's hard to know for sure.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:06 AM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:
well since most people design PDFs using adobe products, they are designed
specifically to be
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:
Naive as I am, I wonder why a simple 'rm -rf C:\nppdf32Log\' in
~/.bash_logout wouldn't work as well.
On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 01:30:32PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
Actually, the correct command is 'rm -rf C:\\nppdf32Log\\debuglog.txt'
and should
elcaseti . wrote:
Interesting. I've never run into a pdf that Okular couldn't read. Maybe I
will someday.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote:
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, elcaseti . wrote:
Are there specific functions included in Adobe Acroread that makes
On Wed, 5 Mar 2014, elcaseti . wrote:
most people design PDFs using adobe products - I wouldn't assume
that's still true. It might be, but it's hard to know for sure.
I tend to get PDFs from clients and regulators that they wrote in Word.
I suppose that some are created by acrobat but
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
Good question. It depends on the directory from which acrobat is launched.
Keith,
Interesting. I'll probably need to run some tests here. F'instance, I've
not opened acroread in a couple of days, but found the file in ~/ today. I
thought it was
Rich == Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com writes:
RichActually, the correct command is 'rm -rf
Rich C:\\nppdf32Log\\debuglog.txt' and should probably be preceeded
Rich by a test to see if the file is present.
Just a FWIW, if it is a single file, you don't need the -r
(recursive), or,
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, Russell Senior wrote:
Just a FWIW, if it is a single file, you don't need the -r (recursive),
or, most likely the -f (force).
Russell,
True. I thought it was a directory so I included the -f switch, but it's
only the single file.
Rich
...they are designed specifically to be displayed by other adobe products...
There are so many PDF creators, some of which follow the ISO
specifications
(http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51502
and related), some of which dont very well, that i don't
s/facto/jure/
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:48 PM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rigel Hope g...@rigelhope.org wrote:
...they are designed specifically to be displayed by other adobe
products...
There are so many PDF creators, some of which follow the ISO
hmmm I'm pretty sure I meant facto.
PDF is the de jure standard, Acrobat's special variety is the de facto
standard.
de jure means by the rules while de facto means in fact (implying
despite the rules, this is the reality of the situation)
thankfully, this is changing, albeit slowly.
-wes
On
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:02:17 -0800
Rigel Hope g...@rigelhope.org dijo:
s/facto/jure/
I have no entry in my lexicon for this expression.
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can you please point out the ways in which Adboe's version differs
from the ISO version?
thanking in advance.
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:10 PM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:
hmmm I'm pretty sure I meant facto.
PDF is the
Oh sure ya do, don't you remember every little detail and nuance you
learned in your Bash Scripting class at freegeek?
essentially, substitute facto with jure
-wes
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:37 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:02:17 -0800
Rigel Hope
I don't have a list handy, all I have is experience. I realize that is
anecdotal evidence and therefore worthless, though it's not like I'm hoping
to effect some change here or convince anyone of anything. I welcome your
disagreement (if you have any) and I appreciate that you have helped me to
On 03/02/2014 01:30 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
I updated Adobe's acrobat reader (acroread) from version 7 to version 9. I
now find a directory in my home directory called C:\nppdf32Log\ that
contains a single log file.
As I downloaded and successfully installed a linux flavored acroread
On Sun, 2 Mar 2014, Richard England wrote:
Perhaps this is the same issue?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread/+bug/986841
Yep. Sure is. Guess I need to modify .bash_logout to remove it.
Thanks,
Rich
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