On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 22:42:21 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:

> One of the things I like to be able to do is to open up a PDF document
> and print a portion of one of a page in a size that fills a single
> 8.5x11 sheet.  This is trivial in acroread, but impossible in evince
> or emacs (actually I can't figure out how to print at all in either
> one).
> 
> Being able to print a portion of a page is particularly useful for
> things like printing out an area of interest from a C size schematic
> or printing a single table from a user manual or datasheet.
> 
> How do I do that without acroread?

Okular can save a selected part of a page to a PNG file, which it can then
print. It's not quite what you are looking for but pretty close.

> [I'm running an XFCE desktop, so would prefer something that doesn't
> pull in a gigabyte of Gnome or KDE dependancies.]

It will need kdelibs, how much else is needed on your system can only be
answered by portage.


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Neil Bothwick

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