Kubuntu-intrepid kpdf? (obsoleted? by kubuntu or kde.org??)

[Joe(theWordy)Philbrook]

It would appear that on Feb 3, Hans Henry von Tresckow did say:

> 
> It looks like Okular replaced Kpdf:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPDF
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okular

Thanks for the info & links... I'll have to check them out sometime
soon...


It would appear that on Feb 3, Jonas Pedersen did say:

> 
> It have been replaced by Okular in KDE4. I am quite happy with Okular.
> 

I'm glad it's replacement makes for happy users... 


It would appear that on Feb 4, Bas Roufs did say:

> In 'Okular', it is possible to invoke all those 4 functionalities in
> the same or similar ways. Additionally, I already discovered one 'new'
> function, which did not exist yet in KPDF: a possibility to make
> annotations next to images or text passages.
> In Windows, one would need expensive commercial software for the same
> functionalities.............

One always needs expensive software in windows! ;-)


It would appear that on Feb 4, D. R. Evans did say:

> Bas Roufs said the following at 02/04/2009 02:23 AM :
> 
> > function, which did not exist yet in KPDF: a possibility to make
> > annotations next to images or text passages.
> 
> If you mean the "review" function (it sounds like you do), you need to be
> really careful about how you use this. It's not really annotating the PDF.
> 
> The way it works is probably fine for use on a home computer by one user,
> though.

Speaking for myself I haven't a clue about that function. I probably
wasn't going to use it anyway. But thank you for the warning... If I
did decide to do annotate the pdf I'd be glad to know I want to look
into the details first... (What doers it do, keep an associated
comment file that only okular can match the "annotation with the pdf
or some such thing???)

In any case I'm glad there IS a replacement for kpdf. But I'm not so
sure I like the new name. Any user who wasn't familiar with kpdf but
wanted to view a pdf on an unfamiliar machine running kde might have
easily guessed that the command name kpdf would be worth checking out.
I can't say the same for this okular name. But perhaps its a multi-format
viewer that also handles files that kpdf would have choked on?

In any case I'll have to check it out... Thanks again!

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