On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:31:39 +0200 René van Bevern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hello, > > > 2. xpdf doesn't want to open gzipped pdfs by default which > > makes this a pain in the **tt for people who want to read the > > pdf. > > There's "zxpdf" in the xpdf package, analogous to zless and zcat it > views gzipped files. Yes, but the problem is that many systems (firefox, rox-filer etc...) will see a .pdf.gz as a gzip file and call ark or file-roller and not zxpdf. And I don't want to do endless hand-editing of mime.types to fit all special cases. To install Debian it may take 45 minutes, but to do endless customisation one easily uses days. My hope for the future is that the default setup is so user-friendly (no matter how ambiguous the definition may be) as it can be so little customising is necessary. In my not so humble opinion zgrep zxpdf etc.. should be depreciated and gunzip capabilities should be available by default in grep and xpdf. However, if there is no reason to gzip a file in the doc packages, then I do not understand why it is done. Take care, Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
