Howto open xfdf files?

[Jon Dixon]

Matt Patterson wrote:
> In theory these files are xml markup around a pdf file and adobe acrobat
> should open them. I have tried (I have 7.0 installed on ubuntu) and it
> just sends me to firefox which cant read the file. I specifically do not
> have the acrobat plugin installed in firefox. Is there another way to
> open these files?
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 

Matt

Have you tried saving the file, and then in a terminal doing:

$ acroread <filename>

- Jon