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Re: xpdf
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:42:58 -0800
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> >does anybody know where I can get xpdf for SL5?

I use xpdf from EPEL. Installs cleanly, works same as always.

>     Would kpdf, from the kdegraphics rpm, be adequate?

Other pdf viewers (evince, etc) look nice, have bells, whistles
and kitchen sink, but have completely inadequate
performance and interactive behaviour with most big
and complicated PDF files (try to open the manual for
the Tundra tsi148 pci-vme bridge, read the pages
about dma registers, then read the pages about the byte-swapping
registers to see what I mean).

-- 
Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada

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