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On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 22:42:21 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> One of the things I like to be able to do is to open up a PDF document |
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> and print a portion of one of a page in a size that fills a single |
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> 8.5x11 sheet. This is trivial in acroread, but impossible in evince |
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> or emacs (actually I can't figure out how to print at all in either |
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> one). |
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> Being able to print a portion of a page is particularly useful for |
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> things like printing out an area of interest from a C size schematic |
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> or printing a single table from a user manual or datasheet. |
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> How do I do that without acroread? |
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Okular can save a selected part of a page to a PNG file, which it can then |
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print. It's not quite what you are looking for but pretty close. |
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> [I'm running an XFCE desktop, so would prefer something that doesn't |
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> pull in a gigabyte of Gnome or KDE dependancies.] |
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It will need kdelibs, how much else is needed on your system can only be |
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answered by portage. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Atheism is a non-prophet organization. |