Editors / PDF Viewers

[Bill Moran]

In response to "Graham Bentley" <gbentley at uk2.net>:
> 
> Just wondering ..... what would you say is the equivalent
> to Wordperfect for DOS within FOSS / FreeBSD Ports?

Probably some tex tool ...

> Also, what are people using to view PDF's under X ?
> 
> I have tried Xpdf but it looks a bit clunky whilst Adobe
> 7.0 has ballooned out of proportion !!!

I agree with those two assessments.  Adobe also doesn't seem to understand
CUPS printing.  I've been using gpdf happily for a while.

> If I make install a port and decided I want to remove it
> (make deinstall?) is it also possible to remove all the
> other ports it sucked in ? In relation to this question
> how do I 'reset' the options sometimes shown for
> certain make's?

Have a look at the pkg_cutleaves port ... pretty nice IMHO.

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.



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