[Slackbuilds-users] ePDFViewer SBo

[Nick Warne]

On 13/04/14 14:39, Nick Warne wrote:
> Sorry, this was 'off-list'.
>
> On 13/04/14 14:35, Nick Warne wrote:
>> On 13/04/14 13:27, Andrew Brouwers wrote:
>>> Hey Nick,
>>>
>>> Unforutnatley, epdfview hasn't worked for me in awhile.  And the upstream
>>> project has been dead for several years.  Since then, I've switched to
>>> using "zathura" for PDF files - might be worth taking a look!
>>
>> OK, thanks Andrew.  I just installed zathura and it does what I need -
>> thanks.
>>
>> Maybe ePDFViewer should be removed from the repository now that it
>> doesn't work properly any more, and with no upstream maintenance?
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Nick Warne <nick at linicks.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For some time now, ePDFViewer doesn't display images any more for me, and
>>>> as I like the lightweightness (such a word?) of this application, I looked
>>>> into it today.
>>>>
>>>> For an example, the manual for Qxw (my Slackbuild) shows this behaviour:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.quinapalus.com/qxw-guide-20140131.pdf
>>>>
>>>> Load this up - do you see the screenshots?  I have found if you rotate the
>>>> page right/left they then appear - but vieing the document the right-way-up
>>>> or upside-down the images are just grey squares.
>>>>
>>>> I rebuilt ePDFViewer, and still no go.  Anybody else see this behaviour?
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>> --
>>>> "A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation."
>>>> FSF Associate Member 5508
>>>> http://linicks.net/
>>>> http://pi.linicks.net/
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


Just an update on this.  I wasn't happy with zathura as it doesn't print 
some pdf files correctly (prints off the page etc.)

But I found a thing called 'foxit'.  OK, not open source, last update 
2009 and ADVERTS in a little window on the toolbar.

A few minutes with hexedit sorted out the advert thing, and just testing 
this little program it is great.  Every single one of the pdf's on my 
system render and print correctly.  And it is fast and lightweight.

Nick
-- 
"A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation."
FSF Associate Member 5508
http://linicks.net/
http://pi.linicks.net/