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ESPS/waves+ with EnSig 5.3 Documentation |
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The basic application that you need to read PDF format documents is Adobe Acrobat Reader (Acroread). If you need a copy, you can download it from http://www.adobe.com/.
You can use Acroread directly on any of the PDF documents available under the $ESPS_BASE/doc/ directory; see especially the tutorial, appnotes, waves/manual, and waves/reference directories. Start with the Table of Contents (TOC) files and follow the hyperlinks to the files you want to read. For the waves/manual directory, you may also want to load the Index (IX) file to look up key concepts. (The cursor icon is a "pointing hand" over text that is hyperlinked; click on the text to follow the hyperlink.)
If you choose to use Acroread to view the PDF files, then all cross-links between files work properly. See the table below for a comparison of viewing the PDF files with Acroread directly or by using a Netscape browser.
Using Adobe Acrobat Reader with Netscape
You can also set up your Netscape browser to display PDF documents. If you do this, then you will be able to view the PDF documents directly from this ESPS/waves+ with EnSig 5.3 Documentation Home Page. Please note, however, that cross-file reference within the PDF documents do not work properly if you view the documents from within Netscape. That is why we provide a "Table of Contents" of the chapters in this documentation home page.
If you are using another browser to read this documentation home page, you may want to see if you can set it up to view PDF documents.
There are two different approaches for looking at PDF format documents from the Netscape browser interface:
Both of these approaches require the Netscape user to configure their Options => General Preferences... => Helpers screen to use Adobe Acrobat Reader, either as a plug-in or as a separate application. The following instructions apply to Netscape 3.x under Solaris; other UNIX systems will be very similar. For Windows{95/NT}, see the relevant Adobe documentation. For more information on setting up acroread with Netscape or other browsers on other platforms, see Adobe's platform-specific documentation that comes with Acrobat Reader.
Display PDF Document Within the Netscape Browser (Plug-in)
To have Netscape display the PDF file within the browser, put acroread on your path and set the environment variable NPX_PLUGIN_PATH to the directory that contains the plug-in shared object file nppdf.so. Also, set your Netscape preferences to use the plug-in. If you use multiple plug-ins with Netscape, you should copy nppdf.so to that directory and set NPX_PLUGIN_PATH appropriately; otherwise you will lose access to your other plug-ins.
For example,
set path=(/opt/Acrobat3/bin $path); rehash
setenv NPX_PLUGIN_PATH /opt/Acrobat3/Browsers/sparcsolaris
After setting up the environment, fire up Netscape (v3.x) and edit the application/pdf entry in the Netscape Helpers dialog under General Preferences..., so that it looks like the following:
application/pdf Plug In : nppdf.so
If you have done these correctly, when you load a PDF file in Netscape, the file will display via acroread within your browser.
Display PDF Document in a Separate Acroread Viewer (Helper Application)
To have Netscape start up acroread on the file and display the file in a new Acrobat Reader window, edit the Helper preferences to invoke acroread. For example,
application/pdf /opt/Acrobat3/bin/acroread %s
The %s allows Netscape to pass in the filename to Acrobat Reader.
If you have done this correctly, when you load a PDF file in Netscape, the file will display via acroread in a separate Acrobat Reader display window.
| Acroread as Netscape Plug-In | Acroread as Netscape Helper Application | Acroread as Standalone Application | |
| Text Search | Unavailable for PDF in the version we tested. A newer version might have a Find icon. | Use "Find" or the "binocular" icon in Acroread. | Use "Find" or the "binocular" icon in Acroread. |
| Cross-file Links | Did not load the cross-linked file in the version we tested. | Do not work properly because the file gets loaded with a temporary
name (see the title bar).
They work properly only if you reload the document in Acroread using File: Open. |
Work properly. |
| Display within Netscape Browser window | Yes | No | No |
| "Back" and "Forward" Operation | "Back" and "Forward" in Netscape browser treat PDF and HTML pages equally. | "Back" and "Forward" in Netscape browser only apply to HTML documents. | You can't go "Back" to the original file once you follow a cross-file reference in Acroread. You need to reopen the document. Shortcut: Go to the File menu and choose the filename from the list of recently opened files. |
If you want to view the PDF files directly in Adobe Acrobat Reader, then you should start by loading the Table of Contents or Index files listed below. If you have your browser set up to view PDF documents, then you can view the chapter files by following the links listed below.
| Last modified: September 23, 1998 |