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PDF import:: Zoom function

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18359730.205769.12692124313... Merkelvin Glasmer 22 Mar 00:00
  PDF import:: Zoom function Sven Neumann 22 Mar 00:17
   PDF import:: Zoom function Toby Speight 22 Mar 17:33
    PDF import:: Zoom function Alexandre Prokoudine 22 Mar 20:25
    PDF import:: Zoom function Sven Neumann 22 Mar 20:57
Sven Neumann
2010-03-22 00:17:21 UTC (over 14 years ago)

PDF import:: Zoom function

On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 00:00 +0100, Merkelvin Glasmer wrote:

Because an enhancement request should never be filed without prior discussion here, I want to discuss it now:

If I want to import a specific page from a PDF file in GIMP, it is sometimes a little bit difficult to make the right one out. Especially, if the PDF file has many pages, which are also looking very similar to each other. Of course I could take a look into the PDF first via Adobe Reader, but we assume, that there is no PDF viewing software installed.

In my opinion it would be very comfortable to have an option for the PDF import preview window to zoom in or out by having a percentage field to define the size, the pages are displayed.

Given the fact that there are free (as in Open Source) PDF viewers available, I don't think adding this functionality to the GIMP PDF import plug-in is worth the effort. IMO we should avoid adding more UI controls to the PDF importer. It is already slightly more complex than it should be.

Sven

Toby Speight
2010-03-22 17:33:22 UTC (over 14 years ago)

PDF import:: Zoom function

0> In article ,
0> Sven Neumann ("Sven") wrote:

Sven> Given the fact that there are free (as in Open Source) PDF viewers Sven> available,

On all our platforms? I doubt there's Xpdf or Evince for Macintosh and Windows platforms...

Sven> I don't think adding this functionality to the GIMP PDF import Sven> plug-in is worth the effort. IMO we should avoid adding more UI Sven> controls to the PDF importer. It is already slightly more complex Sven> than it should be.

I don't disagree with this however - better to spend the effort on improving or porting the free viewers.

Alexandre Prokoudine
2010-03-22 20:25:30 UTC (over 14 years ago)

PDF import:: Zoom function

On 3/22/10, Toby Speight wrote:

Sven> Given the fact that there are free (as in Open Source) PDF viewers Sven> available,

On all our platforms? I doubt there's Xpdf or Evince for Macintosh and Windows platforms...

There's not much demand for them. Mac OS X's native viewer opens PDF, and for Windows there is leightweight Foxit Reader.

Alexandre

Sven Neumann
2010-03-22 20:57:51 UTC (over 14 years ago)

PDF import:: Zoom function

On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 16:33 +0000, Toby Speight wrote:

0> In article ,
0> Sven Neumann ("Sven") wrote:

Sven> Given the fact that there are free (as in Open Source) PDF viewers Sven> available,

On all our platforms? I doubt there's Xpdf or Evince for Macintosh and Windows platforms...

There's a link here for a Windows installer for Evince: http://live.gnome.org/Evince/Downloads

Sven