Re: gv failing with more and more pdf files

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From	Peter Billam <peter@www.pjb.com.au>
Subject	Re: gv failing with more and more pdf files
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Date	2012-02-04 06:13 +0000
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I wrote:
> I'd say that I can't read even half the pdf's that non-linux users
> send me. Often ps2txt will get me through, but sometimes not.

On 2012-02-03, Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> wrote:
> Uncheck the (default) antialias option of GV. It seems that this option
> is not compatible with the transparency handling (checked with gs 9.02).

On 2012-02-03, I wrote:
> Yes, it works :-)  At last I can see the contents.

It's interesting to compare that with the output of
  ps2txt MasterclassExit.pdf | less
which only mentions the bits about proxies and firewalls etc !
I hope I haven't been missing the crucial bits of too many
other pdf's over the last year or so :-)

Anyway, thanks for your help,
Peter

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gv failing with more and more pdf files Peter Billam <peter@www.pjb.com.au> - 2012-02-03 10:15 +0000
  Re: gv failing with more and more pdf files ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2012-02-03 11:19 +0000
    Re: gv failing with more and more pdf files Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-02-03 13:12 +0000
  Re: gv failing with more and more pdf files Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2012-02-03 13:37 +0100
    Re: gv failing with more and more pdf files Peter Billam <peter@www.pjb.com.au> - 2012-02-03 18:15 +0000
      Re: gv failing with more and more pdf files Peter Billam <peter@www.pjb.com.au> - 2012-02-04 06:13 +0000

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