[gccsdk] evince

[Peter Naulls]

Martin Wuerthner wrote:
> In message <4B421B05.4000301 at chocky.org>
>           Peter Naulls <peter at chocky.org> wrote:
> 
>> Martin Wuerthner wrote:
> 
>>> There is also PDFView, which is based on the !PDF work and uses a lot
>>> more of the original xpdf code: It can make use of xpdf's internal PDF
>>> rasterizer to create a fully rendered bitmap rather than a Drawfile,
>>> which is less useful for editing but supports much more advanced PDF
>>> features than the original !PDF Drawfile engine.
> 
>> I think also PDFView uses a slightly newer xpdf engine, but I don't
>> know how much difference that makes.
> 
> It does make a difference. For instance, the newer xpdf engine can 
> read PDF 1.5 files with cross reference streams, which are 
> incompatible with earlier versions of the PDF standard.

I see from my previous look at the binary:

http://iconbar.com/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=11290#comments

That PDFView is from a 2007 xpdf version, which looks like the
latest 3.02 version - subsequent changes are security fixes,
rather than features.

This seems to be his current home, along with his email:

http://www.richardspencer.freeuk.com/

But:

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/comp.sys.acorn.apps/2008-06/msg00165.html