Re: So acrobat is dead for linux - long live evince?

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:48:57 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> On 12/16/2014 12:44 AM, Doug wrote:
> > On 12/16/2014 12:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >>
> >> On 12/15/2014 11:12 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> >>> On 12/16/2014 03:15 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >>>> So here I am setting up my new F21 system and of course pdf processing
> >>>> is a must, and on F20, I had many problems with evince.
> >>>
> >>> So had I.
> >>>
> >>> Besides evince's various UI-usability issues (Admitted, these are 
> >>> mostly a matter of taste),
> >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161374
> >>> renders evince almost non-applicable to me.
> >>>
> >>>> I have AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm here on my F20 system.  Is 
> >>>> this
> >>>> the last/latest and it will work on F21?
> >>> Yes to both - It works to the same extend it had on F20 and before.
> >>
> >> Is there an x86_64 rpm?  When I went to install this, it was going to 
> >> install a bunch of i386 rpms.  So I said no, until I found out...
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> What are people doing for pdf reading native on Fedora other than 
> >>>> evince
> >>>> (F20 is 3.10, F21 is 3.14)?
> >>> For now, I am using evince, firefox's built-in pdf reader and the 
> >>> old acroread. However, actually, I am disatified with all three of 
> >>> them, but haven't found a convincing alternative, yet.
> >>>

Btw, I use zathura. Stable and does a good job with all the plugins in place for printing etc. However, everything is key-based and that can be bothersome for those more familiar with GUI's. Also, the manual is all over the place -- one has to read both girara and zathura documentation at www.pwmt.org to figure out, but I also found the following useful to set my rc files:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/man5/zathurarc.5.html

HTH
Ranjan

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