Christian Liesen wrote:
There are other
reasons for staying away from acrobat though.
Really? What reasons? Just asking because I've been using Acrobat's
Pro versions for some time now without problems.
Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems:
* On linux, support only for i386. This means it is hard to install
on common 64-bit setups, and unuseable on other less
common processors otherwise supported by linux. Open
source pdf viewers are generally available for all processors.
* It makes a mess of bitmap fonts, to the point where people are
advised against using bitmap fonts in PDF's, because the
acrobat reader is so common. Of course vector fonts are
better anyway. xpdf doesn't have this problem.
* Acrobat is not good at reloading a changed pdf. On windows,
this technique for fast work is blocked by acrobat locking the file.
Linux don't support such locks but that don't help - acrobat
instead crashes if the file is changed under it. Other viewers
either reloads the changed file automatically, or at least
offers a reload hotkey/button. The workaround seems to be
closing acrobat and restart it every time.
Acrobat may work well for you - but I wouldn't recommend it
to a new user.
Helge Hafting
