PDF Editor in Ubuntu

[Dotan Cohen]

> Well, I've been around this route before and the regressions this time
> are huge. I don't mind clearing up a mess once, but I'm not as motivated
> to clear up the same mess a second time.
>

I understand. In the future, when you come across another annoyance,
bug, or missing feature, shoot me off a quick email so that I could
reproduce it and I'll take it from there.

> I'm not editing PDFs. I'm generating them.
>

Then use Open Office! This extension lets you save the original ODT
file embedded in the PDF for later editing:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport

I give the files *.odt.pdf extensions to remind myself that the
original is embedded in there.

> Actually, re-setting up my LaTeX set-up today - to avoid Kile (yet more
> regressions, some showstoppers, and still no inline spellcheck), okular,
> and a few other, imo, broken tools - I ended up finding bugs in kmenuedit
> and, ultimately, a serious regression in the handling of file
> associations. Much of this has been raised, but there's little if any
> feedback.
>

Just give me the URLs and I'll take it from there.

> I really can't believe what they've done to kde. It's criminal.
>

It's progress. KDE 4.x has a lot of growing pains, but KDE 3.5.10 is
still available. In fact, the KDE download page calls it the "more
mature version":
http://kde.org/download/

>> Things that you can do to help: * File bugs on
>> existing Linux applications
>
> I do this very selectively now, since feedback has become very poor. It
> takes time filing bugs, and gathering and collating the information.
> Again, there is little motivation to do this if there is no feedback.
>

While I agree about this for some projects, *buntu and Mozilla in
particular, there are other projects that move bugs quickly, such as
KDE and Zim. That's why I file KDE bugs!

> Here's an example:
>
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/
> +bug/313306
>

Actually, for that bug it looks like they are doing what they can. I
hate the "upstream" passing of responsibility, however, in the case we
are talking about non-FOSS software.

>> * Write to the developers of Windows-based
>> applications that you use and request Linux versions.
>
> I usually ask.
>

Great!

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Dotan Cohen

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