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Re: Reading pdf files

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On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:11:17PM -0700, Fred wrote:
> On 06/15/2019 08:40 AM, k. jantzen wrote:
> >On 6/13/19 4:29 PM, k. jantzen wrote:
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>in general I do not have a problem reading a pdf file with either xpdf
> >>or documentviewer.
> >>
> >>But once in a while I get a pdf file that they cannot read and then I
> >>have to go to Windows to open it.
> >>
> >>What is so spectacular about these files that they cannot be read by the
> >>above mentioned programs? Is there another program that would read such
> >>a file?
> >>
> >>Thanks for your help.
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >thanks a lot for this interesting discussion.
> >
> >As stated before I used documentviewer and xpdf.
> >
> >As a consequence of this discussion I tried evince and mupdf.
> >They did not solve the problem.
> >I did not try atril and okular because for those I would have to install
> >so much extra stuff that I probably will use only in this context.
> >Thus I do not know whether they would solve the problem.
> >
> >My conclusion: This seems to be the result of generating the pdf file
> >under Windows. To read the file I have to use the latest version of the
> >Acrobat Reader. Thus I will continue to use Windows in the few cases I get
> >such a document.
> >
> >Thanks a lot.
> >
> >K.D.J.
> >
> >
> Hello,
> 
> Possibly you could run Adobe Reader under wine and not actually have to run
> Windows.
> 
> Best regards,
> Fred
> 

xournal is a good option

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Reading pdf files "k. jantzen" <kdjmailing@mailbox.org> - 2019-06-13 16:50 +0200
  Re: Reading pdf files Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2019-06-13 17:30 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-06-13 18:20 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2019-06-15 05:40 +0200
        Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 09:40 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-15 14:30 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2019-06-15 16:40 +0200
            Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 17:00 +0200
              Re: Reading pdf files Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2019-06-15 17:50 +0200
                Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 18:50 +0200
                Re: Reading pdf files Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2019-06-16 17:40 +0200
                Re: Reading pdf files Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net> - 2019-06-16 22:00 +0200
                Re: Offlist: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-06-16 18:40 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 16:50 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Sarunas Burdulis <sarunas@math.dartmouth.edu> - 2019-06-13 18:30 +0200
  Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-13 18:50 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 15:40 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-14 16:30 +0200
  Re: Reading pdf files Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-14 11:00 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 21:00 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-15 07:40 +0200
        Re: Reading pdf files Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-15 10:00 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-15 10:10 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 10:10 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-15 10:20 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net> - 2019-06-15 18:50 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-06-22 04:00 +0200
            Re: Reading pdf files Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-06-23 04:40 +0200
              Re: Reading pdf files David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-06-24 01:40 +0200
                Re: Reading pdf files Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-06-24 04:40 +0200
  Re: Reading pdf files "k. jantzen" <kdjmailing@mailbox.org> - 2019-06-15 18:00 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-15 18:40 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 19:00 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2019-06-15 21:20 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files Sarunas Burdulis <sarunas@math.dartmouth.edu> - 2019-06-17 15:30 +0200
        Re: Reading pdf files Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-17 18:10 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files franiortiz hotmail <franiortiz@hotmail.com> - 2019-06-17 23:10 +0200
        Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-18 09:20 +0200

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