[Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Zlatan Todoric
Hi list, I am having this issue while trying to open visa application form (tried it in browser and with evince, no luck on both sides). Has anyone got to this issue and how they solved it (tried installing Adobe Reader but it fails on my sid+exp machines). (sorry for formatting, I just cp'ed

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Kyle Robbertze
On 19/06/2017 12:33, Zlatan Todoric wrote: > Hi list, > > I am having this issue while trying to open visa application form (tried > it in browser and with evince, no luck on both sides). Has anyone got to > this issue and how they solved it (tried installing Adobe Reader but it > fails on my si

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Kyle Robbertze] > Unfortunately the standing workaround is to use Windows or Mac [1] > > [1] https://debconf17.debconf.org/about/visiting-montreal/ Does this mean that only people that can (or know a friend that can) accept the terms of use from Microsoft and Apple are allowed to visit Debconf?

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:47:00PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Does this mean that only people that can (or know a friend that can) > accept the terms of use from Microsoft and Apple are allowed to visit > Debconf? no, many people don't need a visa to visit Canada, eg, you and me and at l

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:47:00 +0200 Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Kyle Robbertze] > > Unfortunately the standing workaround is to use Windows or Mac [1] > > > > [1] https://debconf17.debconf.org/about/visiting-montreal/ > > Does this mean that only people that can (or know a friend that can) >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:36:48PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:47:00 +0200 > Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Personally I can not accept those terms as the currently stand, and > > would never want to place a friend in the position that they would > > have to accept those t

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:37:59AM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:47:00PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Does this mean that only people that can (or know a friend that can) > > accept the terms of use from Microsoft and Apple are allowed to visit > > Debconf? > >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Andrew Shadura
On 19 June 2017 at 04:37, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:47:00PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: >> Does this mean that only people that can (or know a friend that can) >> accept the terms of use from Microsoft and Apple are allowed to visit >> Debconf? > > no, many people don

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Antonio Terceiro
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:37:59AM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > and then, I'm sure there is a way to make this work on linux somehow, > if only with wine as the last ressort. I used playonlinux (contrib), which is a frontend to wine, to install the Adobe PDF Reader for Windows and used it from th

Re: [Debconf-discuss] PDF reading/editing issues

2017-06-19 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 19/06/2017 13:36, Neil Williams wrote: > It is still possible to download a "free" (as in cost) VM directly from > microsoft which would be sufficient to handle this PDF. > https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/ I worked around it by using a visa agency to handle all th