• PDF files

    From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 11:54:40 2022
    I have a PDF file of a presentation which I can't read on RISC OS because
    all the text areas are unintentionally redacted. I.e. !PDF (6 Mar 2017)
    can't display recent formats. Is there a version that does? Does PDFSuite handle these formats.

    !GView produces a string of diagnostics.

    I have copied the pdf file to macOS and can view it there. I can export it
    to TIFF, JPEG or PNG but I can only display the first slide on RISC OS.
    The file size suggests it might contain all the slides. There doesn't seem
    to be an option to save a directory of images.

    So is there a way round this problem?

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  • From Harriet Bazley@21:1/5 to Richard Porter on Sun Mar 6 13:42:20 2022
    On 6 Mar 2022 as I do recall,
    Richard Porter wrote:

    I have a PDF file of a presentation which I can't read on RISC OS because
    all the text areas are unintentionally redacted. I.e. !PDF (6 Mar 2017)
    can't display recent formats. Is there a version that does? Does PDFSuite handle these formats.

    Whne you saw 'unintentionally redacted', are they being rendered with
    black boxes over them? (I've seen this where people have annotated
    scanned images.)

    If so, can you save the pages out as Draw, select and remove the
    overlaid objects?

    --
    Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie ==

    NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

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  • From Chris Hughes@21:1/5 to Richard Porter on Sun Mar 6 13:56:13 2022
    In message <004ee8c459.news@user.minijem.plus.com>
    Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> wrote:

    I have a PDF file of a presentation which I can't read on RISC OS because
    all the text areas are unintentionally redacted. I.e. !PDF (6 Mar 2017)
    can't display recent formats. Is there a version that does? Does PDFSuite handle these formats.

    !GView produces a string of diagnostics.

    I have copied the pdf file to macOS and can view it there. I can export it
    to TIFF, JPEG or PNG but I can only display the first slide on RISC OS.
    The file size suggests it might contain all the slides. There doesn't seem
    to be an option to save a directory of images.

    So is there a way round this problem?

    Try the PDFTest version available via https://www.riscosports.co.uk/downloads.html

    direct is https://www.riscosports.co.uk/pdftests.zip

    I am actually using a newer version then this one.

    Try using the bitmap display option in the menu over the PDF itself.


    --
    Chris Hughes
    Don't miss this years Wakefield Show 21st May 2022
    check the latest information at www.wakefieldshow.org.uk

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  • From Jean-Michel@21:1/5 to Chris Hughes on Sun Mar 6 15:35:40 2022
    In message <db6ef3c459.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:

    In message <004ee8c459.news@user.minijem.plus.com>
    Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> wrote:

    I have a PDF file of a presentation which I can't read on RISC OS because
    all the text areas are unintentionally redacted. I.e. !PDF (6 Mar 2017)
    can't display recent formats. Is there a version that does? Does PDFSuite
    handle these formats.

    !GView produces a string of diagnostics.

    I have copied the pdf file to macOS and can view it there. I can export it >> to TIFF, JPEG or PNG but I can only display the first slide on RISC OS.
    The file size suggests it might contain all the slides. There doesn't seem >> to be an option to save a directory of images.

    So is there a way round this problem?

    Try the PDFTest version available via https://www.riscosports.co.uk/downloads.html

    direct is https://www.riscosports.co.uk/pdftests.zip

    I am actually using a newer version then this one.

    Try using the bitmap display option in the menu over the PDF itself.

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6
    https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/



    --
    Jean-Michel

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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 15:37:38 2022
    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> decided
    to write:

    Try the PDFTest version available via https://www.riscosports.co.uk/downloads.html

    direct is https://www.riscosports.co.uk/pdftests.zip

    PDFtest doesn't make any difference. However I also tried !ghostView and
    it revealed the text albeit in a rather scrawny font.

    I am actually using a newer version then this one.

    Try using the bitmap display option in the menu over the PDF itself.

    Success! Thanks Chris. It hadn't occurred to me to try the display
    options.

    Richard

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  • From Kevin Wells@21:1/5 to Richard Porter on Sun Mar 6 14:05:14 2022
    In message <004ee8c459.news@user.minijem.plus.com>
    Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> wrote:

    I have a PDF file of a presentation which I can't read on RISC OS because
    all the text areas are unintentionally redacted. I.e. !PDF (6 Mar 2017)
    can't display recent formats. Is there a version that does? Does PDFSuite >handle these formats.

    !GView produces a string of diagnostics.

    I have copied the pdf file to macOS and can view it there. I can export it
    to TIFF, JPEG or PNG but I can only display the first slide on RISC OS.
    The file size suggests it might contain all the slides. There doesn't seem
    to be an option to save a directory of images.

    So is there a way round this problem?

    PDFUtils may be able to export the whole pdf file in various formats and
    with my front end for it KPDFutil saves having to worry about the
    commands to use:

    <http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDFUtilsarm>

    <http://kevsoft.co.uk/#KPDFutil>


    --
    Kev Wells
    http://kevsoft.co.uk/ https://ko-fi.com/kevsoft
    carpe cervisium
    So many beers so little time.

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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 15:52:03 2022
    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> decided to
    write:

    In message <db6ef3c459.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:

    In message <004ee8c459.news@user.minijem.plus.com>
    Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> wrote:

    I have a PDF file of a presentation which I can't read on RISC OS because >>> all the text areas are unintentionally redacted. I.e. !PDF (6 Mar 2017)
    can't display recent formats. Is there a version that does? Does PDFSuite >>> handle these formats.

    !GView produces a string of diagnostics.

    I have copied the pdf file to macOS and can view it there. I can export it >>> to TIFF, JPEG or PNG but I can only display the first slide on RISC OS.
    The file size suggests it might contain all the slides. There doesn't seem >>> to be an option to save a directory of images.

    So is there a way round this problem?

    Try the PDFTest version available via
    https://www.riscosports.co.uk/downloads.html

    direct is https://www.riscosports.co.uk/pdftests.zip

    I am actually using a newer version then this one.

    Try using the bitmap display option in the menu over the PDF itself.

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6
    https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/

    It comes up with "37920K free memory required before the application will start". I have 1.6GB of free memory. Does it need a bigger WimpSlot?

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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to decided to on Sun Mar 6 15:17:35 2022
    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
    decided to write:

    On 6 Mar 2022 as I do recall,
    Richard Porter wrote:

    I have a PDF file of a presentation which I can't read on RISC OS because
    all the text areas are unintentionally redacted. I.e. !PDF (6 Mar 2017)
    can't display recent formats. Is there a version that does? Does PDFSuite
    handle these formats.

    Whne you saw 'unintentionally redacted', are they being rendered with
    black boxes over them? (I've seen this where people have annotated
    scanned images.)

    Exactly.

    If so, can you save the pages out as Draw, select and remove the
    overlaid objects?

    No. I have done that in the past but it doesn't work in this case. I have
    tried selecting text areas and ungrouping them just in case, but to no
    avail. I can move the overlaid objects but behind them were white boxes on
    a white background where the text should be. There was no editable text in
    the boxes.

    Saving the page as text from !PDF doesn't reveal any text.

    The PDF is version 1.7.
    --
    Richard Porter

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  • From Jean-Michel@21:1/5 to Richard Porter on Sun Mar 6 17:04:22 2022
    In message <d409fec459.news@user.minijem.plus.com>
    Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> wrote:

    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> decided to write:

    In message <db6ef3c459.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:

    In message <004ee8c459.news@user.minijem.plus.com>
    Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> wrote:

    I have a PDF file of a presentation which I can't read on RISC OS because >>>> all the text areas are unintentionally redacted. I.e. !PDF (6 Mar 2017) >>>> can't display recent formats. Is there a version that does? Does PDFSuite >>>> handle these formats.

    !GView produces a string of diagnostics.

    I have copied the pdf file to macOS and can view it there. I can export it >>>> to TIFF, JPEG or PNG but I can only display the first slide on RISC OS. >>>> The file size suggests it might contain all the slides. There doesn't seem >>>> to be an option to save a directory of images.

    So is there a way round this problem?

    Try the PDFTest version available via
    https://www.riscosports.co.uk/downloads.html

    direct is https://www.riscosports.co.uk/pdftests.zip

    I am actually using a newer version then this one.

    Try using the bitmap display option in the menu over the PDF itself.

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6
    https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/

    It comes up with "37920K free memory required before the application will start". I have 1.6GB of free memory. Does it need a bigger WimpSlot?
    Iuse this Wimpslot,
    Are your running Aemulator ?



    --
    Jean-Michel

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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 16:07:17 2022
    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> decided to
    write:

    PDFUtils may be able to export the whole pdf file in various formats and
    with my front end for it KPDFutil saves having to worry about the
    commands to use:

    <http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDFUtilsarm>

    <http://kevsoft.co.uk/#KPDFutil>

    Thanks. I have got PDFUtils and your front end. They will produce a
    directory of PNGs which are readable. Excellent! That's two solutions this afternoon.

    Richard

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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 16:38:04 2022
    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> decided to
    write:

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6
    https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/

    It comes up with "37920K free memory required before the application will
    start". I have 1.6GB of free memory. Does it need a bigger WimpSlot?
    Iuse this Wimpslot,
    Are your running Aemulator ?

    I was running Aemulor. Quitting it makes no difference. I'll try a reboot.

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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 17:38:03 2022
    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> decided
    to write:

    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> decided to write:

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6
    https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/

    It comes up with "37920K free memory required before the application will >>> start". I have 1.6GB of free memory. Does it need a bigger WimpSlot?
    Iuse this Wimpslot,
    Are your running Aemulator ?

    I was running Aemulor. Quitting it makes no difference. I'll try a reboot.

    It runs nicely after a reboot. There's one rather annoying feature though
    - you move the window to where you want it and whenever you do something
    e.g. going to the next page, it jumps back to centre top. Grrrr!

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  • From Jean-Michel@21:1/5 to Richard Porter on Sun Mar 6 20:04:23 2022
    In message <2ebe07c559.news@user.minijem.plus.com>
    Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> wrote:

    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> decided
    to write:

    The date being 6 Mar 2022, Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> decided to
    write:

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6
    https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/

    It comes up with "37920K free memory required before the application will >>>> start". I have 1.6GB of free memory. Does it need a bigger WimpSlot?
    Iuse this Wimpslot,
    Are your running Aemulator ?

    I was running Aemulor. Quitting it makes no difference. I'll try a reboot.

    Not necessary, from Aemulator iconbar menu you can select
    quit> Emulator too.

    It runs nicely after a reboot. There's one rather annoying feature though
    - you move the window to where you want it and whenever you do something
    e.g. going to the next page, it jumps back to centre top. Grrrr!
    Yes, :-( , but it works fine.


    --
    Jean-Michel

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  • From Chris Newman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 7 16:00:49 2022
    <big snip>

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6 https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/

    Thanks for reminding me about Mu View.

    From Sibelius, I export files as PDFs (Thanks to Steve Fryatt's
    !PrintPDF) so I can send them to the chaps in the band.

    I'd been using !PDF to check them on RiscOS but you have to use the
    sprite option to render it correctly.

    Mu View does that straight away and very quickly so only one operation
    needed.

    --
    Chris Newman

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  • From Jean-Michel@21:1/5 to Chris Newman on Mon Mar 7 18:00:25 2022
    In message <59c582ad85cvjazz@waitrose.com>
    Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

    <big snip>

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6 https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/

    Thanks for reminding me about Mu View.

    From Sibelius, I export files as PDFs (Thanks to Steve Fryatt's
    !PrintPDF) so I can send them to the chaps in the band.
    I have Sibelius and my RiscPc which always works very well with a MIDI
    card and a Roland expander.
    But since it doesn't work on my ARMX6, I use !Rhapsody4 + MIDI + expander. Rhapsody is not Sibelius, but it integrates very well with the desktop and
    what it produces is quite acceptable.

    I'd been using !PDF to check them on RiscOS but you have to use the
    sprite option to render it correctly.
    Yes, do you print Draw files to PDF?
    I just saw that if you select menu: no type3 fonts the score is displayed,
    but the result is less good than with Bitmap Mode.

    Mu View does that straight away and very quickly so only one operation needed.
    Nice


    --
    Jean-Michel

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  • From Chris Newman@21:1/5 to jmc.bruck@orange.fr on Mon Mar 7 18:11:52 2022
    In article <1e2288c559.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>, Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> wrote:
    In message <59c582ad85cvjazz@waitrose.com> Chris Newman
    <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

    <big snip>

    Try Mu View, works nice on ARMX6 https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/

    Thanks for reminding me about Mu View.

    From Sibelius, I export files as PDFs (Thanks to Steve Fryatt's
    !PrintPDF) so I can send them to the chaps in the band.

    I have Sibelius and my RiscPc which always works very well with a MIDI
    card and a Roland expander. But since it doesn't work on my ARMX6, I
    use !Rhapsody4 + MIDI + expander. Rhapsody is not Sibelius, but it
    integrates very well with the desktop and what it produces is quite acceptable.

    I'd been using !PDF to check them on RiscOS but you have to use the
    sprite option to render it correctly.

    Yes, do you print Draw files to PDF?

    Not often.

    I just saw that if you select
    menu: no type3 fonts the score is displayed, but the result is less
    good than with Bitmap Mode.

    Mu View does that straight away and very quickly so only one
    operation needed.
    Nice

    --
    Chris Newman

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  • From Paul Sprangers@21:1/5 to John Rickman on Tue Mar 8 15:04:06 2022
    In article <47d5f1c559.John@rickman.argonet..co.uk>,
    John Rickman <rickman@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

    However the later version 0.05 alpha (27.02.2022) from PackMan loops endlessly on my ARMX6 RISC OS version 5.29 (02 Nov 2020)

    No endless loop on my 4té. But no noticeable difference with 0.04 alpha
    either, other than that the window is moved a bit towards the middle. And
    it still reverts to its original position after a sesize, or a new page,
    which is still really annoying.

    Kind regards,
    Paul

    --
    http://www.riscos.sprie.nl

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  • From Doug Webb@21:1/5 to Paul Sprangers on Tue Mar 8 14:25:55 2022
    In message <59c5fbd398Paul@sprie.nl>
    Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:

    In article <47d5f1c559.John@rickman.argonet..co.uk>,
    John Rickman <rickman@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

    However the later version 0.05 alpha (27.02.2022) from PackMan loops
    endlessly on my ARMX6 RISC OS version 5.29 (02 Nov 2020)

    No endless loop on my 4té. But no noticeable difference with 0.04 alpha either, other than that the window is moved a bit towards the middle. And
    it still reverts to its original position after a sesize, or a new page, which is still really annoying.

    No endless loop with 0.05 alpha from Packman on my ARMX6 5.29 (01-Feb-22).

    It does however like previous version have issues in that it will not load encrypted PDF's.

    Only !PDF will load password protected PDF's AFAIK.


    --
    Experience the future using ARM Technology - ARMBook,BeagleBoard -xM, PandaBoard,Raspberry Pi,iMX6/ARMX6,IGEPv5 & Titanium powered by RISC OS
    5.28.

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  • From Chris Evans (CJE/4D)@21:1/5 to URL:mailto:doug.j.webb@btinternet.c on Fri Mar 11 09:52:01 2022
    In article <24d3fdc559.dougjwebb@btinternet.com>, Doug Webb <URL:mailto:doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> wrote:
    In message <59c5fbd398Paul@sprie.nl>
    Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:

    In article <47d5f1c559.John@rickman.argonet..co.uk>,
    John Rickman <rickman@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

    However the later version 0.05 alpha (27.02.2022) from PackMan loops
    endlessly on my ARMX6 RISC OS version 5.29 (02 Nov 2020)

    Too much snipping!

    "version 0.05" of what?
    Quite a few programs have been discussed!

    No endless loop on my 4té. But no noticeable difference with 0.04 alpha either, other than that the window is moved a bit towards the middle. And it still reverts to its original position after a sesize, or a new page, which is still really annoying.

    No endless loop with 0.05 alpha from Packman on my ARMX6 5.29 (01-Feb-22).

    It does however like previous version have issues in that it will not load encrypted PDF's.

    Only !PDF will load password protected PDF's AFAIK.


    n.b. John's post never made it to my newsfeed!
    Server: nntp.aioe.org/xhdr

    Chris Evans

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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to decided to on Sat Mar 12 16:24:31 2022
    The date being 11 Mar 2022, "Chris Evans (CJE/4D)" <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> decided to write:

    Too much snipping!

    "version 0.05" of what?

    I think we're talking about MuView.

    --
    Richard Porter

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