[PLUG] xpdv vs. acroread

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, David Mandel wrote:

> Yes, there seem to be differences between what xpdf and acroread can
> handle.  Generally, I use acroread.  (Yes, it is proprietary, but it
> works.)  Well, it sort of works.  As I recall, acroread (and WordPerfect)
> will not work if X is configured for 24 bit graphics.  I have to have
> X configured for 16 or 32 bits, but not 24.  Of course, maybe this has
> been changed.  I haven't tested this recently.

Dave,

  The workstations here have always been configured for 32 bpp. The problem
might have been font related and was fixed by my upgrading xpdf to the
latest and greatest.

Thanks,

Rich