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by halabund
Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:47 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Autoupdate not working (?)
Replies: 7
Views: 2103

Re: Autoupdate not working (?)

John - Tracker Supp wrote:thanks for coming back.
I do read replies even if I don't react immediately ... sorry.
by halabund
Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:54 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Autoupdate not working (?)
Replies: 7
Views: 2103

Re: Autoupdate not working (?)

Thanks for the reply---I'll reinstall using the exe installer then. It would eliminate some confusion if the MSI installer 1. either didn't install the Live Updater at all, or 2. if the Live Updater gave some sort of information/error message instead of simply saying that "no update is availabl...
by halabund
Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:21 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Autoupdate not working (?)
Replies: 7
Views: 2103

Autoupdate not working (?)

Since version 42.9, Live Update does not find any updates. I updated to version 44 manually. Now I see that version 46 is available on the download page, but Live Update still says that no updates are available. Is there something wrong with my installation, or did you simply not push the updates ye...
by halabund
Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:53 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: incorrect rendering
Replies: 1
Views: 880

incorrect rendering

It seems that the PDFs generated by LastGraph are rendered incorrectly. The user name in the top left corner is missing the first letter. I am not going to post a sample PDF because they're often 20+ MB in size. You can download one by going to http://lastgraph3.aeracode.org/status/ choosing a usern...
by halabund
Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:57 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Ligatures
Replies: 26
Views: 16285

Re: Ligatures

There's still room for improvement in this area though. Adobe Reader can ignore accents on letters (e.g. matches á when searching for a, or ά for α, etc.), even when the accent is a separate glyph in the document, can do stemming to a certain level, etc. Stemming is not a big deal for me, but the ab...
by halabund
Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:39 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature suggestion: personal bookmarks (separately stored)
Replies: 7
Views: 4070

Re: Feature suggestion: personal bookmarks (separately stored)

Thank you very much for considering this feature! This forum really shows that Tracker cares considerably more about their users than many other companies. There is just one note that I would like to add: For me personally, a one-click accessible solution (like a separate floating window or a sideba...
by halabund
Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:51 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature suggestion: personal bookmarks (separately stored)
Replies: 7
Views: 4070

Re: Feature suggestion: personal bookmarks (separately stored)

Another thought: PDF (and computer-based solutions in general) are moving closer and closer to being able to replace traditional paper. To move forward and introduce genuinely innovative features, one has to consider what it is that people can do easily and conveniently with paper (books, notebooks,...
by halabund
Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:34 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature suggestion: personal bookmarks (separately stored)
Replies: 7
Views: 4070

Re: Feature suggestion: personal bookmarks (separately stored)

Is there any chance that Tracker would consider this feature? I hope I managed to explain why this would be a great convenience feature for many of us, especially those who read long technical ebooks. I am not aware of any PDF viewers that have this functionality, so this could be a new and innovati...
by halabund
Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:10 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature suggestion: personal bookmarks (separately stored)
Replies: 7
Views: 4070

Feature suggestion: personal bookmarks (separately stored)

Here's a suggestion for a feature that I would find extremely useful: Allow setting "personal bookmarks" that are stored separately, not in the PDF. The WinDjView DJVU viewer has this feature, if any of you know that piece of software. Standard PDF bookmarks are normally used as a table of...
by halabund
Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:18 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Problem: ALT key jumps out of text box (typewriter tool)
Replies: 6
Views: 2010

Re: Problem: ALT key jumps out of text box (typewriter tool)

Hello Stefan,

Sounds great! Please just don't break it again in a later build ;-)
by halabund
Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:45 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Problem: ALT key jumps out of text box (typewriter tool)
Replies: 6
Views: 2010

Re: Problem: ALT key jumps out of text box (typewriter tool)

This keeps breaking all the time. It was working correctly in a previous version, but the problem is present again in version 42.2. I use SHIFT-ALT-(number key) to switch keyboard layouts in Windows (it is also possible to simply use SHIFT-ALT to cycle through layouts). But whenever the cursor is in...
by halabund
Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:19 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Glitch in text wrapping in annotation
Replies: 1
Views: 922

Glitch in text wrapping in annotation

There's a little glitch in text wrapping in the sticky notes: the text might be broken right after a paren, like this: (one) two ( three) four (five) Tracker needs to pay attention to small things like this if they want to compete with Adobe ... I really like PDF XChange viewer because it is free an...
by halabund
Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:13 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: make 'Undo' work for text highlighting
Replies: 1
Views: 965

Feature request: make 'Undo' work for text highlighting

When I use the 'Highlight Text' tool, sometimes I get the highlighting slightly wrong. I'd like to be able to do is as quickly and painlessly as possible. If there is already an easy way to do it, please let me know. My first reaction was to press CTRL-Z to undo the highlighting, but this does not w...
by halabund
Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:56 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feture request: improve keyboard navigation in edit boxes
Replies: 4
Views: 1626

Feture request: improve keyboard navigation in edit boxes

Most Windows programs have a few more ways of navigating within a text edit box than just using the cursor keys. The ones that I miss the most are CTRL-Left, CTRL-Right for jumping over words, the equivalents with SHIFT+ for selecting words, and CTRL-Backspace and CTRL-Delete for deleting words. I'd...
by halabund
Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:10 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Problem: ALT key jumps out of text box (typewriter tool)
Replies: 6
Views: 2010

Problem: ALT key jumps out of text box (typewriter tool)

When using the typewriter tool, pressing the ALT key jumps out of the text box. This is very annoying because the ALT key is usually used to switch keyboard layouts, either using a combination like SHIFT+ALT to cycle them, or SHIFT-ALT-number to switch directly to a particular layout. For me, it wou...
by halabund
Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:05 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: LaTeX support
Replies: 9
Views: 2736

Re: Feature request: LaTeX support

Can anybody send me file PDF generated by (La)TeX ? A large proportion of PDFs found on the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network were generated by TeX. You could try this Google search: site:ctan.org filetype:pdf , and check the document properties for PDFs. If the PDF producer is "pdftex" t...
by halabund
Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:14 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: LaTeX support
Replies: 9
Views: 2736

Re: Feature request: LaTeX support

I support halabund's suggestion! Since LaTeX is a quasi standard to produce scientific texts and there is no comfortable solution for Windows ... WinEdt works great with PDF-XChange Viewer I wouldn't call that way of working "great". It is just as clunky as using Adobe Reader: instruct th...
by halabund
Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:51 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Selection with keyboard
Replies: 1
Views: 910

Selection with keyboard

When using the selection tool, a blinking text cursor appears. But this cursor cannot be moved with the arrow keys.

It looks like either the presence of the blinking cursor, or its unresponsiveness to arrow keys is a bug.
by halabund
Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:41 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Extract graphic image from PDF, know of free software?
Replies: 5
Views: 1735

Re: Extract graphic image from PDF, know of free software?

The images in the PDF are of a resolution higher than my monitor will support, and for other reasons, I'd like to get the original image file that was embedded into the PDF file, not just the screen capture. Adobe Reader can give you the image at its original resolution. Use the select tool, click ...
by halabund
Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:10 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: LaTeX support
Replies: 9
Views: 2736

Feature request: LaTeX support

Has Tracker software considered adding TeX / LaTeX support to PDF-XChange Viewer? Currently the only PDF viewer that is really usable with LaTeX is Sumatra PDF , which isn't even comparable to XChange Viewer in terms of reliability and usability. In spite of Sumatra's lack of features and bugs, its ...
by halabund
Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:08 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: PDF-Xchange Viewer v2.0.0039 RC1
Replies: 14
Views: 4022

Re: PDF-Xchange Viewer v2.0.0039 RC1

I agree with Andreas, please only offer final versions with the automatic updater. People who like to test beta/prerelease versions will download the software manually anyway, but the rest of us who trust the automatic updates may get a nasty surprise ...
by halabund
Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:14 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Adobe Reader 9.0 Comparisons
Replies: 4
Views: 1607

Re: Adobe Reader 9.0 Comparisons

So two of these features are already (or will soon be) added :) That sounds great!

Though extracting images at the image's original resolution is not the same as rescaling the image ...

Keep up the good work!
by halabund
Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:49 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Adobe Reader 9.0 Comparisons
Replies: 4
Views: 1607

Re: Adobe Reader 9.0 Comparisons

Well, I haven't had much time to use it yet, but I haven't found many problems with Adobe Reader 9 (not Acrobat) ... Of course the absolutely huge advantage of XChange Viewer is that the free version allows adding annotations and a little editing. But compared to Adobe Reader, it lacks a few nice co...
by halabund
Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:41 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: click-and-hold menus
Replies: 9
Views: 5060

Re: Feature request: click-and-hold menus

Fixed in 38, together with ALT+key menu shortcuts. Great! :D
by halabund
Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:07 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Menu shortcuts do not work
Replies: 0
Views: 2805

Menu shortcuts do not work

Access keys for menus do not seem to work in 37.2. Pressing Alt+F will not open the file menu (it just beeps). However, pressing Alt first does focus the menu bar, and subsequent keypresses do activate the menus.
by halabund
Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:57 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: click-and-hold menus
Replies: 9
Views: 5060

Re: Feature request: click-and-hold menus

This got broken again recently. I was hoping that it would get fixed in an update, but click-and-hold still does not work in 37.2. Is there any chance that this will be fixed again? The problem is now slightly different from the original one: Clicking and holding does open menus, but releasing the b...
by halabund
Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:08 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Request: Please make spash screen NOT always on top
Replies: 6
Views: 2119

Tracker Support wrote:To be honest there is a little point in having a spalsh screen if its not on top
Actually when it first appears, it will be on top even if it is not always-on-top, as with any other window. I have seen no other programs that force the splash screen to stay on top even if the user clicks elsewhere.
by halabund
Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:57 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Request: Please make spash screen NOT always on top
Replies: 6
Views: 2119

As I said, my complaint is NOT about startup speed (not everyone has the latest machine).

I disabled the spash screen. This makes things much better, but I believe that XChange Viewer would still be a better program if the splash screen weren't always on top.
by halabund
Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:57 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Request: Please make spash screen NOT always on top
Replies: 6
Views: 2119

Request: Please make spash screen NOT always on top

On my computer, XChange Viewer does not always start up very quickly (especially with recent versions). This is not a problem at all---I can wait. But it is really annoying that the splash screen is always-on-top, and obscures other windows. No other programs that I know of have always-on-top splash...
by halabund
Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:01 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Bug: Alt key setting focus to menu bar interferes with ...
Replies: 4
Views: 1640

Everything works fine in build 33 :D
by halabund
Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:17 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Bug: Alt key setting focus to menu bar interferes with ...
Replies: 4
Views: 1640

Bug: Alt key setting focus to menu bar interferes with ...

In PDF XChange Viewer, the ALT key always sets focus to the menu bar, even during typing with the Typewriter tool, and using and ALT + key keyboard shortcut. This can interfere with several things, notably: 1. Typing special characters using left Alt key + numeric keypad. For example, Left Alt + 015...
by halabund
Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:18 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: click-and-hold menus
Replies: 9
Views: 5060

Thanks for fixing this :) !

This might seem like a very minor point, but it really increases usability!
by halabund
Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:48 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Bug: Viewer freezes
Replies: 2
Views: 1433

Bug: Viewer freezes

Steps to reproduce: 1. Start the Viewer. 2. File -> Open from URL, use http://www.luatex.org/talks/screen-luatex-mkiv.pdf 3. The Viewer will go into full-screen mode automatically, but the tab handle, and the red close button in the top right corner will still be visible. Click the red close button ...
by halabund
Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:39 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Several rendering problems with a PDF
Replies: 2
Views: 1550

Several rendering problems with a PDF

The problem file: http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/beamerexample1.pdf The problems (with build 25) Page 2: White line at the left of "Outline" (compare with Adobe Reader). With of line is independent of zoom factor. Page 6: Background of "turing machine" image should be transp...
by halabund
Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:35 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: OLE / DDE Commands
Replies: 20
Views: 5344

Thanks for the reply! We can realize support for DDE into the viewer, but I'm afraid, again as into Adobe Reader -- just a limited set of commands will be available into free version. Even if you don't support going back to the last viewed page, it would already be an improvement over Adobe Reader i...
by halabund
Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:07 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: OLE / DDE Commands
Replies: 20
Views: 5344

I too would very much like to see better support for working with TeX. Either through the same solution that we use today with Adobe Reader (DDE commands), or some better solution (other method of control or not locking the file). Unfortunately the free version of Adobe Reader does not allow to go b...
by halabund
Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:17 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Could't fit page width by current view in full sreen mode~
Replies: 6
Views: 2514

Adobe Reader has the same behaviour. This is because full-screen mode is primarily intended for presentations, where the sensible default is "Fit page", regardless of the non-fullscreen setting. (Isn't PDF a much better format than PowerPoint? It works on all platforms, the format is not t...
by halabund
Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:17 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: PDF-XChange Viewer & TeX: please don't lock the file
Replies: 17
Views: 7733

So is there not way to use PDF XChange Viewer as a document previewer with LaTeX?
by halabund
Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:36 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: PDF-XChange Viewer & TeX: please don't lock the file
Replies: 17
Views: 7733

PDF-XChange Viewer & TeX: please don't lock the file

Are there any plans to make PDF-XChange Viewer more usable with LaTeX? One of the big annoyances for LaTeX users is that most PDF viewer lock the file they are displaying, so the .tex sources cannot be recompiled until the viewer is closed. There are some PDF viewers which do not lock the file (like...
by halabund
Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:08 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: click-and-hold menus
Replies: 9
Views: 5060

Ivan - Tracker Software wrote:Will try to fix this
Thanks! :D
by halabund
Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:12 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Feature request: click-and-hold menus
Replies: 9
Views: 5060

Feature request: click-and-hold menus

Almost every Windows program supports click-and-hold menu navigation. It would be very nice to have this in the viewer, as this is a quicker way of using the menus (and to be honest, I got used to it so much that I just cannot change this click-and-hold habit). By click-and-hold menu navigation I me...
by halabund
Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:17 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Viewer (End Users)
Topic: Setting the default author name for annotations
Replies: 1
Views: 1388

Setting the default author name for annotations

By default, the Windows login name is used as the author name in annotations, which is not always appropriate. While this can be modified for individual annotations, I could not find a way to set the default value. In builds 23 & 24 the Identity section appeared in Preferences, but changing the ...