On 10/29/2014 11:22 AM, Артур Истомин wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 04:25:02PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 04:11:47PM +0100, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 08:30:32AM -0600, David Coppa wrote: >>>> So here I am, asking on misc@... >>>> >>>> Do people using acroread-7.0.9 on i386 (compat_linux) still exist >>>> these days? >>>> >>>> I'd like to rm print/acroread from cvs. >>>> >>> 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. >> 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... > Many consulates/embassy send pdf files with forms for information on > visas acquisition. When I last time filled it, no one open source pdf > reader can fill such forms. >
More than one Opensource PDF reader allows you to fill out the forms. (evince for example) The problem is you can't save the forms and retain filled in data. However it is a simple matter to print them to a pdf file (pdf-writer). Some forms have elaborate computation built in via scripts, and those won't work but the simple forms will.
