BePDF
Encyclopedia
BePDF is a PDF reader for both Haiku
and the BeOS
.It is based on Xpdf
It was added to Haiku release-one alpha-one as its sole PDF reader.
Sourcecode is available via anonymous cvs (modulename: BePDF).
Haiku (operating system)
Haiku is a free and open source operating system compatible with BeOS. Its development began in 2001, and the operating system became self-hosting in 2008, with the first alpha release in September 2009, the second in May 2010 and the third in June 2011....
and the BeOS
BeOS
BeOS is an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Inc. in 1991. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware. BeOS was optimized for digital media work and was written to take advantage of modern hardware facilities such as symmetric multiprocessing by utilizing...
.It is based on Xpdf
Xpdf
Xpdf is an open-source PDF viewer for the X Window System and Motif.Xpdf runs on practically any Unix-like operating system. Xpdf can decode LZW and read encrypted PDFs. The official version obeys the DRM restrictions of PDF files, which may prevent copying, printing, or converting some PDF files...
It was added to Haiku release-one alpha-one as its sole PDF reader.
Features
- Viewing of encrypted and password protected PDF 1.5 files.
- Opens file dropped on window.
- Navigation (with keyboard, toolbar, dragging with the mouse, mouse wheel, links).
- Displays annotations.
- Zooming (in/out, selecting a rectangle with the mouse).
- Rotating the page.
- Can show a page list, bookmarks and attachments.
- Window mode or fullscreen mode.
- Japanese, Chinese (simplified, traditional) and Korean font support.
- Renders embedded fonts (Type 1, Truetype) with FreeType 2 library.
- Multithreaded (rendering is done in a separate thread).
- Editing (Annotations can be added to an unencrypted PDF file)
- File Attachment Annotations and Attachments can be saved.
- Printing (range of pages; even or odd pages only; reverse or in order).
- Searching text.
- Copying text or graphics (via drag and drop to other applications (e.g. Tracker) and into the clipboard).
- Session management for PDF files on BFS (open file with the settings when it was last closed).
- Information (about the file, security, fonts used).
Sourcecode is available via anonymous cvs (modulename: BePDF).