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!pdf 0.71a dd 970903
ReadMe1st
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!pdf is based on the program xpdf from Derek Noonburg .
The original xpdf README file is in this archive, as xpdf_docs.README. The
directory xdpf_docs contains the original documents as supplied by Derek.
I have not included the source to !pdf because I am stil developing it.
You can have the orginal source package as distributed by the
author (Derek Noonburg mailto:derekn@ece.cmu.edu). To obtain the original source
you should look at:
WWW: http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/dn0o/xpdf/xpdf.html
FTP: ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/xpdf/
Thanks are due to Derek for permission to distribute !pdf.
!pdf
====
!pdf is a RISC OS port of the pdf reader for X which has been written by
Derek Noonburg. !pdf reads a Adobe(R) Portable Document Format (PDF) file
and displays this in a window.
!pdf has been tested on:
Archimedes 310 4 mb, RiscOs 3.1, FPA
SA RiscPC 20 mb, RiscOs 3.7
Resources
========
To use !pdf you need the following resources:
- Acorn toolbox modules.
- 2 megabyte of ram. You can alter the wimpslot but !pdf may hang because
of memory shortage by large documents.
- Patience, the rendering of a page will take a long time. Even just a page
with text takes on a SA 2 - 3 seconds.
Filetype
========
The official filetype for Adobe(R) pdf files is &ADF.
Features
========
Altough !pdf is based on version 0.7 of xpdf it does not support all the
features of xpdf. The following features are supported by !pdf:
- Zoom
- Save as drawfile (use !Draw for printing your page)
- links
- Printing
- Rotated text
The following features are not supported:
- clipping
- encrypting
Known bugs
==========
- Calculating alternate fontsizes is not quite correct
- There is a difference in character mapping between my Archimedes and RiscPC
- !PDF only prints the main area of a page. I a page is larger then the paper
you will not get it all.
Planned features
================
There are no planned new features. I want to spend time enhancing the
current features eg. better printing, clipping, etc.
Bug reports
===========
For bugs regarding !pdf you can email me. If those bugs relate to xpdf I will
forward them to Derek Noonburg. Do not just say this or that does not work
but also what pdf file (location only www or ftp address only please) and a
small description of it (eg what page, appearence, chrash or looks, etc) and
the !Pdf version please.
PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME THE PDF FILE UNLESS I ASK YOU TO!!
Please bear in mind that I do not have much time to enhance !pdf (this
version (again) waited 3 months before I finalised it) but I will work on it
from time to time.
Leo Smiers
mailto:lsmiers@knoware.nl
http://www.knoware.nl/users/lsmiers/index.html