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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Unified document viewer, lack of communication
From:       Manuel Amador <rudd-o () amautacorp ! com>
Date:       2005-06-19 23:25:14
Message-ID: 1119223514.16403.77.camel () master ! amauta
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> KViewShell can open DVI, FAX, and DjVu-Files.
> 
> Why does a document viewer needs to open pictures?

If multipage TIFF faxes qualify as pictures (which they do) then it has
to show at least TIFF images properly.

> 
> You may know that I have contacted you about a possible collaboration a few
> months ago, nothing came out of it.
> 
> And I replyed to a post of Enrico Ros on kde-graphics-devel on the future of 
> KPDF with another offer to combine our efforts. No one even answerd.
> http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-graphics-devel/2005-February/000095.html
> Some things I said in this post about KViewShell are not valid anymore. For 
> example we now support documents with more then one papersizes.
> 
> So I don't understand what is different know? That Google drops some money?
> 
> > The thing is "do the person that implements the unified shell has to use
> > kpdf or kdvi as a base?" i don't know, the bounty text says to use kpdf but
> > i assume that is because Zack has not used kdvi lately and has seen how
> > much it has matured.
> >
> > Piotr Szymanski (Niedakh on irc djurban username in svn iirc) wants to
> > implement that bounty, i think we should leave him decide which shell he
> > prefers to work on/expand and ask his questions.
> 
> Will he also maintain it after the bounty?
> 
> Greetings,
> Wilfried.
> 
>  
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