>On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 02:27:47AM -0400, Josh Hope wrote:
>> Is there any convenient way in NetBSD to read PDF files? Adobe doesn't
>> offer a reader for BSDi or NetBSD. It appears the only way would be
>> through Java, but it seems there should be a simpler method out there...
>
>Use AcroReader in linux emulation - or build xpdf (in the pkg system).
>xpdf isn't perfect, but I have been quite satisfied with it (especially
>because it's small!).

I use both gv and xpdf.  Sometimes one displays a PDF file better than the 
other.

One bummer about xpdf 0.80, the one in the pkgsrc tree, is that it doesn't 
support encrypted PDF files.  I didn't know that until two days ago when I 
downloaded the Sony AIBO parody from the Onion.

David Talmage