Re: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gpdf

[Jonathan Blandford <jrb redhat com>]

Murray Cumming Comneon com writes:

> >   gpdf - An xpdf-based PDF viewer.
> >   http://freshmeat.net/projects/gpdf/
> 
> So this is meant in addition to ggv (already in the Desktop), right? I
> believe that ggv is for viewing postscript files mostly but can also view
> pdf files. Can gpdf view postscript files too? What's the deal with the
> duplicated functionality?

We should definitely remove pdf viewing capabilities from ggv if we're
shipping gpdf.  That would simplify things greatly for users.  We can
reconsider if ghostscript ever gets better pdf support.

-Jonathan