On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Alexandre Ratchov <a...@caoua.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:25:10PM -0400, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:
>> In message <http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=141459553404542&w=1>
>> Alexandre Ratchov wrote [[about acroread]]
>> > I don't see the point of keeping it, while we have other working
>> > pdf readers. I don't even understand why we have it at all. OK to
>> > remove it.
>>
>> In message <http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=141459635204943&w=1>
>> Marc Espie replied
>> > You don't use pdf form filling. Over the last few years, I've seen
>> > people want to do strange things with pdf. Most things related
>> > to display work with default tools. afaik, password did not work
>> > with anything BUT acrobat reader AND now mutools.
>> >
>> > Form filling, in some cases (german taxes, iirr) does NOT work with
>> > other tools...
>>
>> +1 on Marc's point. And US tax forms too. (Canada doesn't yet force
>> the use of fillable-pdf-forms, so I donno about those.) Not to mention
>> the new-member-application forms on a certain Credit Union I just
>> joined....
>>
>> There's still a place in the computing world for Windoze machines. :(
>
> not sure to understand; you mean that you're using the acroread
> port on openbsd?
>
Indeed.
I'm not questioning the usefulness of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
I'm questioning the value of Acrobat Reader *7.0* running via
compat_linux on OpenBSD/i386.
Ciao!
David
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