Xpdf
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| Xpdf | |
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 The Xpdf viewer |
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| Developed by | Foo Labs |
| Latest release | 3.02pl2 / November 7, 2007 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Genre | PDF viewer |
| License | GPL or commercial[1][2] |
| Website | http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ |
Xpdf is an open source PDF viewer for the X Window System and Motif.[1][3] 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.[1] There are patches which make Xpdf ignore these DRM restrictions.
Xpdf includes several programs that don't require the X Window System, including programs which extract images from PDF files or convert PDF to PostScript or text. These programs run on Windows as well as Linux and Unix.[1]
Xpdf is also used as a backend for other PDF reader frontends such as KPDF and GPDF,[3] and its engine, without the X11 display components, is used for PDF viewers including BePDF on BeOS, !PDF on RISCOS and PalmPDF[4] on Palm OS.[1]
Poppler was created based on the rendering library xpdf 3.0 for easier reuse in other programs. Many programs (including Xpdf itself) can use poppler as their backend renderer.[3]
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- Steward, Sid. PDF Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools. O'Reilly. ISBN 0-596-00655-1.
