About Acrobat

[Rick Stevens]

Chris Hewitt wrote:
> mylar wrote:
> 
>> It's uncanny. I just happen to install the same Acrobat (downloaded from
>> Adobe) on my Fedora Core 1, I get the exact same error and lo, I read my
>> mail for this list and there  is the exact same question I was about to
>> ask.
>>
> Rather like the top posting quip and:
> A: Yes
> Q: I hear you can fortell the future?
> 
> The archives at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com have _many_ lists, and I 
> usually find that doing a search there first reveals someone else who 
> has had the same problem as me but earlier. No need to clog the lists 
> with the question asked again then. (Thanks to those who look after marc).

"Yesterday we will hold a seminar on time travel.  Plan to attend."

>> I figured it has something to do with lack of support in Acrobat for
>> UTF-8. Okay on the workaround. I'll give it a try. Ultimately however
>> support for UTF-8 needs  to be added to "acroread".
>>
> That is up to Adobe, but I suppose if many people request it, they may 
> do it. The question has come up so many times that I think if everyone 
> who had the problem asked Adobe to support UTF-8 then it would be their 
> #1 priority.
> 
> This is the same issue as the "funny characters in man pages" FAQ 
> question in the Unofficial RHIL FAQ at http://www.rhil.net. 
> Rick/Jeff/Bob, is this something worth adding to your excellent FAQ do 
> you think?

I suppose.  Bob?  You wanna handle it?

>> Also, thank goodness for alternative pdf file viewers like xpdf and
>> others.
>>
> Yes, I was going to mention that there are already pdf viewers. It is 
> only necessary to install Acrobat if its extra facilities are needed.
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