OT: view pdf file on a unix system

Fairlight fairlite at fairlite.com
Wed Jun 15 11:09:07 PDT 2011


Simon--er, no...it was Jay Ashworth--said:
> Well, the Rules of Construction tell us to take the most obvious 
> interpretation, assuming that "the PDF file would reside" is new information,
> rather than a repeat of earlier information.  Thus "view a PDF file on"
> must be assumed to mean "perform the viewing act on", IE: he wants a PDF
> viewer that runs *on the Unix box*.

How many people do you know that sit -at the ***AIX*** console-, or
actually have -real- X-Terminals set up to one--in this era?  AIX boxen are
not typically workstations, and as far as I know it's their central server,
as well.  If it was Solaris, I'd give you 50/50 odds.  AIX, no way...5% or
worse odds.

I'm betting your assumption is entirely incorrect, and he wants a Windows
PC solution for remote viewing.

mark->
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