On Sunday 25 September 2011 13:48:01 Csikos Bela wrote: > "Sebastian Krämer" <m...@kraymer.de> írta: > >>On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 21:50 +0200, Csikos > >>Bela wrote: Is there a pdf viewer for linux > >>which has rulers (horizontal > >> > >> and vertical)? > > > >I wouldn't call it a pdf viewer but Gimp can > >open pdfs as graphics. It should have a > >ruler. (I've never used one with gimp, so I > >can't say for sure) > > Thanks. > Yes, pdfs can be opened in GIMP and GIMP has > ruler. But this method has inconveniences: > 1. The document has to be opened as one page at > a time. 2. The screen/ruler has to be > calibrated, and even if it is done the ruler > gives only accurate results when the document > is viewed at 100% magnification. If zoomed up > or down, the valuse are not useful. > > However since the dimensions of a pdf page is > known, it would not be very difficult to draw > a ruler in the pdf viewer, I guess. I queried > google but could not find a viewer with > rulers. I do not understand why it is not > implemented in any of the viewers. > > Thanks once more for your suggestion. > > bcsikos
Under kde (linux) there is a kruler prg which produces a ruler. You can move it around, change orientation, scale etc Wolfgang
