OT: view pdf file on a unix system

Dennis Malen dmalen at malen.com
Wed Jun 15 12:44:58 PDT 2011


Dennis Malen
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Subject: Re: OT: view pdf file on a unix system


> Y'all catch dis heeyah?  Jay Ashworth been jivin' 'bout like:
>>
>> Did he say AIX?  Or are you relying on information not in evidence?  :-)
>
> Relying on past provided information--including not only the platform, but
> how unwilling they've been to move to anything else.
>
>> Well, again: rules of construction: am I really expected to assume that
>> anyone who deals with computers for a living can't find a PDF viewer for
>> Windows?
>
> Considering the source, quite possibly. :/
>
> More likely is not knowing how to establish linkage between the two.  For
> example, they may have a PDF viewer, but be unable to figure out how to
> make it kick in and view something on a Windows box when pressing a 
> certain
> key in fP on a terminal session somewhere.
>
> This assumes OB: fP, which could actually be a dangerous assumption. :)
>
> And have you not -notice- the 30+ post threads in the past, that seem to
> indicate that the rules of construction don't always (usually!) apply 
> where
> this party is concerned?  :)
>
> mark->
> -- 
No problem if we are relegated to keeping the PDF on the windows side and 
viewing from Unix. Just want to see whether I can view from Unix when the 
PDF resides in UNIX.

> Audio panton, cogito singularis.
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