01-06-2010, 06:46 PM | #16 |
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How about the Skiff?
Does anyone know if the Skiff will support native PDFs? It looks like a really nice size screen.
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01-06-2010, 08:00 PM | #17 |
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Does one have to get a big expensive eReader to read PDFs decently?
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01-07-2010, 03:24 AM | #18 |
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Re: Does one have to get a big expensive eReader to read PDFs decently?
OK, thanks again Frabjous. It looks like sopdf is what I might need. Now there's a problem. I downloaded it to try it out myself with other documents but I happen to be also a Linux user. I thought this would run under wine but for some reason Wine doesn't let me install it. Do you run sopdf under Wine?
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Wine is not necessary. There's a linux port of sopdf (by Emit) on page 2 of the sopdf thread. If you can't find it, let me know.
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01-07-2010, 02:36 PM | #20 |
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OK, got it. Thanks!
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01-08-2010, 06:23 AM | #21 |
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The best option is an Irex Reader 1000S but it's more expensive than the Sony. No way around - perhaps a Kindle DX will also work.
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After this very useful discussion what I have decided is that I will wait a couple of months to see if prices come down. If they don't, I'll buy a Sony 505 or similar product and zoom my pdfs with sopdf or whatever. Companies making big screen ereaders will have to wait a few more years (or whatever it takes for my ereader to get broken) to get my money. JM |
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01-09-2010, 11:35 PM | #23 |
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You may be interested in the GUI for sopdf that Nathan Campos has made, and I've just recompiled for linux:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=733549 |
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Hi Frabjous,
I was indeed interested since I've been testing sopdf and I love it. I've been following the developments at CES and when I saw that all the new big screen readers are going to be very expensive and are not going to be available for a few months, I decided I cannot wait and I will most likely go for a less expensive product even if the screen is smaller. Then sopdf becomes essential. Anyway, I was going to try the GUI since that would make things a bit more comfortable with sopdf but I ran into problems. On the command line sopdf works perfectly but when I tried to execute the binary file you compiled for Linux (% ./soPDF_Frontend) I get the following error message: "bash: ./soPDF_Frontend: cannot execute binary file ". JM |
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I would post about it in the other thread. Nathan would know a lot more about the problem than me. You might need to compile your own... not sure.
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01-11-2010, 04:58 AM | #26 |
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OK, Thanks Frabjous. I think I know what's going on. I did '%file soPDF_Frontend' and I saw that it had been compiled for a 64 bit processor. I still have a 32 bit processor. I'll recompile the source.
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01-11-2010, 07:56 AM | #27 |
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Yeah, I should have mentioned that in the other thread. I will do so.
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