From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 385DA138A2F for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:30:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08693E0C10; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D0017E0B9E for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:30:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFC6434060B for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:48:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.006 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.006 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.003, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6o5YGo4Psej3 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:48:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D0C97340544 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:48:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X9xq9-0000mU-88 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:48:21 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:48:21 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:48:21 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] acroread woes Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:48:08 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 SeaMonkey/2.26.1) X-Archives-Salt: 5652718a-2bbb-4428-bfe5-f62cd1a54eeb X-Archives-Hash: 4281125bf1471a973123764060feaf23 Howdy, I have acroread 9.5.5 installed. It is set as the default pdf reader for both seamoney and firefox. I mostly use seamonkey, because it allows for page/font sizing on the fly, via the mouse wheel (middle button on my logitech mouse). I'd use firefox more, if I could figure out dynamic font size adjustments, via the mouse wheel under firebox. Maybe an addon does this? Scrolling fonts sizes is quinessentially important to old eyes, imho. On seamonkey, when I follow a web link to a pdf, I just get a black page on my browser. Under firefox, I get the pdf to open up to be read, but can only print postscript files, unless I go to the adobe web site; which is not an option for me. I'm looking for a long term solution that easily allows both viewing and download of the pdf file; that's how acroread use to work. Googling yeilds a myriad of choices and viewpoints, but I've not found any solutions I'm happy with. I'm running simple LXDE (soon to be lxqt5 now, so I do not want a hugely bloated collection of applications, just a simple viewer/download capability of pdf files. I also run "noscript" on my browsers now (very cool!). I do not consider it a problem, when I have to click a button or 2 to allow something that noscript has identified and filtered as a possilbe point of caution. I like noscript and have little desire to permanently disable it, so suggestions must work reasonable well with noscript too. I've tried MuPDF, but it is a bit spartan and does not (at least from what I've experienced) allow for simple downloading of the pdf. Guidance, discussion and suggestions are most welcome! Maybe another browser will make me happy? James