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- !pdf 0.64b dd 970615
-
- ReadMe1st
- =========
- !pdf is based on the program xpdf from Derek Noonburg (<derekn@ece.cmu.edu>).
- 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 original
- author (Derek Noonburg <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. If a page contains DCT images
- (JPEG variant) the rendering can take tens of seconds on a SA. During the
- rendering of a page !pdf will not cooperate 8-(.
-
- Filetype
- ========
- The official filetype for Adobe(R) pdf files is &ADF.
-
- Features
- ========
- Altough !pdf is based on version 0.6 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)
- - Save as postscript file
- - Save as ascii file
- - 32000 color sprites
-
- The following features are not implemented:
- - clipping
- - encrypting
- - links are not active
-
- Known bugs
- ==========
- - Calculating alternate fontsizes is not quite correct
- - There is a difference in character mapping between my Archimedes and RiscPC
-
- Planned features
- ================
- - Follow the links
- - Printing
- - Clipping
-
- 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 please) and a
- small description of it (eg what page, appearence, chrash or looks, etc) and
- the !Pdf version please.
-
- Please bear in mind that I do not have much time to enhance !pdf but I will
- work on it from time to time.
-
-
- Leo Smiers
- mailto:lsmiers@knoware.nl
- http://www.knoware.nl/users/lsmiers/index.html