Re: [pdfmod] the one true evince/pdfmod merge or not thread (was requesting your input on releases, etc)

[Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com>]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Sandy
Armstrong<sanfordarmstrong gmail com> wrote:
> So to summarize:
> * Evince developers do not want to add editing capabilities to their app.
> * Evince developers do not want to add integration with pdfmod into
> their app (though the bug has not yet been closed, so maybe this is
> still up for discussion).
> * Evince has no plug-in API, so pdfmod cannot ship an Evince plug-in
> that gives integration with pdfmod.
> * If you look at bug #314683, you'll see that Evince developers have
> been encouraging others to create an app like pdfmod: "Agree, let's
> write a simple pdf editor then! :-)".

Thanks for the summary, Sandy; this is very useful and informative.

> I think that it would be nice to add a feature to pdfmod to "preview"
> the current PDF (which may be unsaved, etc, so you'd be opening a tmp
> file) in Evince or whatever the default PDF viewer is.  If there was a
> one-click way to view your PDF in Evince, I don't think adding viewer
> features to pdfmod would be as popular a request.  I have filed a bug
> for this enhancement:
>
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591152

Sounds like a good idea to me.

> Lastly, Gabriel, I think it might be a good idea when blogging the
> next pdfmod release to explicitly state that the existence of two
> separate apps is what both you and the Evince developers prefer
> (assuming that is still your stance).  You can cite the Evince bugs
> mentioned above, and hopefully put the repeated comments/requests to
> rest.

Agreed, thanks for the idea.

Gabriel