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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-xpdfopen 0.83 - Send open/close commands to Acrobat Reader, xpdf and evince
+xpdfopen 0.84 - Send open/close commands to Acrobat Reader, xpdf and evince
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a Linux (X11) implementation of Fabrice Popineau's pdfclose/
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ The libX code was borrowed from Reinhard Fobbe's Sendx library for
Tcl/Tk, and the programs use the same license, copied below.
Version 0.3 adds support for Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux.
-(different window titles and key shortcuts)
+ (different window titles and key shortcuts)
Version 0.4 uses autoconf
-Version 0.5 fixes an incorrect autoconf variable, supports
-building under X11R5, handles pathnames on the command-line,
-and fixes a bug where pdfopen did not exit correctly after
-(automatically) starting acroread.
+Version 0.5 fixes an incorrect autoconf variable, supports building
+ under X11R5, handles pathnames on the command-line, and
+ fixes a bug where pdfopen did not exit correctly after
+ (automatically) starting acroread.
Version 0.51 uses the strrchr() function instead of rindex()
-to allow compilation on non-BSD derived unix platforms.
+ to allow compilation on non-BSD derived unix platforms.
Version 0.61 attempts to do something useful with Adobe Reader 8,
-even though it is impossible to restore the viewport.
+ even though it is impossible to restore the viewport.
Version 0.80 adds an implementation for AR 9 and xpdf.
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Version 0.82 adds a man page and -v/--version options for pdfopen.
Version 0.83 adds the -r/-reset_focus option for pdfopen.
+Version 0.84 adds 'load at given page' support (-p option) for Adobe
+ Reader 9, evince (at least 3.12, maybe earlier) and xpdf.
+
The AR command lines do not behave precisely the same as under Windows,
because the Linux Reader behaves somewhat differently: it is not
@@ -40,7 +43,10 @@ scriptable, but it is possible to 'fake' key-presses.
pdfopen has the following call sequence:
pdfopen [-r|-reset_focus] \
- [-viewer <ar9|ar9-tab|ar8|ar7|ar5|xpdf|evince>] <pdf file name>
+ [-viewer <ar9|ar9-tab|ar8|ar7|ar5|xpdf|evince>] \
+ [-p <page number>] \
+ <pdf file name>
+
The 'ar9' version uses the '-openInNewInstance' option, the 'ar9-tab'
version does not (so if there is already an AR9 window open, a new tab
will be opened in that window).
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ This program closes an existing AR5, AR7, AR8, AR9, xpdf or evince window
displaying the given PDF file.
-Version 0.83 compiles on Linux (Slackware64 13.37, anyway) with
+Version 0.84 compiles on Linux (Slackware64 14.1, anyway) with
the following command:
gcc -Wall pdfopen.c sendx.c utils.c -o pdfopen -lX11 -s
should you not want to go through the process of creating and running
@@ -62,8 +68,8 @@ a configure program.
Taco Hoekwater <taco@metatex.org> (Version(s) up to 0.61)
Dordrecht, The Netherlands, December 2008.
-Jim Diamond <jim.diamond@acadiau.ca> (Version 0.80, 0.81, 0.82 and 0.83)
-Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; May 2011.
+Jim Diamond <jim.diamond@acadiau.ca> (Version 0.80 through 0.84)
+Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; May 2014.
@@ -92,6 +98,6 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
-NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN &quot;AS IS&quot;
-BASIS, AND THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
+NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND
+THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.