Subject: Re: pdf readers
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/09/2000 09:39:05
gsollish@mail.gisco.net (George Sollish) writes:
> I am trying to access a password-protected pdf file.  xpdf can't
> open it and Adobe acrobat appears to check for supported platforms
> (NetBSD 1.4.1 isn't on their list) before opening, so I can't trick
> it into opening in emulation.  Any alternatives or work arounds?

The part of Acroread that checks for OS name is a shell script.  Just
edit the file and add netbsd to the obvious section that lists all the
other OS's.

-wolfgang
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