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- Subject: ANNOUNCE: xpdf 0.7a - a PDF viewer for X
-
-
- I've just released a new version of xpdf, my Portable Document Format
- (PDF) viewer for X.
-
- Xpdf runs under the X Window System on Unix, VMS, and OS/2.
-
- !!! Please note my new email/web/ftp addresses. !!!
-
- This is primiarily a bug fix release. The most noticeable changes
- are:
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- * Moved find command from menu to toolbar button.
- * Support TrueColor visuals and private colormaps.
- * Mouse button 2 pans the window.
- * Selecting a URI link now executes a configurable command (e.g.,
- telling a browser to open a web page).
- * Added a "link info" display which shows the URL or file for the link
- under the mouse.
- * Fixed double-draw text problem with Acrobat Capture output.
- * Recognize all PDF 1.2 operators.
- * Added option for A4 paper (for PostScript output).
- * External Type 1 font files are now embedded.
- * Added option to generate Level 1 PostScript.
- * Now uses an autoconf script (instead of the kludgey
- Makefile.config).
- * Lots of other little things (see the `CHANGES' file)
-
- I'm particularly interested in feedback on the new configure script,
- since I've only tested it on my own system.
-
- I have decryption code, but I'm not releasing it until I figure out
- how to get around the U.S. export restrictions.
-
- Source (C++ and C) is available, and it should be fairly easy to
- compile for UNIX, VMS, or OS/2.
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- More information, source code, and precompiled binaries are at:
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- http://www.aimnet.com/~derekn/xpdf/
- ftp://ftp.aimnet.com/pub/users/derekn/xpdf/
-
- Source and Linux binaries are on sunsite.unc.edu, currently in
- /pub/Linux/Incoming but they will be moved to:
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- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/viewers/X
-
- - Derek
-