[Kde-graphics-devel] KPdf evolution

[Enrico Ros]

Hi all,
  this is the first mail to the ML about KPdf (the program I'm co-writing), 
but this seems to me the best place to share ideas and take decisions to 
steer development.

For who doesn't know, KPdf (aka xpdf on kde) has been refactored completely 
starting from Q3-2004 and is now in a really good shape. But since the user 
base is growing and "competitors" are coming, it seems more reasonable to 
take decisions in the ML, allowing more people to express their thoughts and 
letting the developers have many different perspectives on their work.

About pdf readers unveiled during KPdf-ng development:
- evince: gnome project, looks good:
  http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/
- adobe reader 7.0: "the reference implementation"
  there is a beta floating around. to be released before mar-31.

As of now, KPdf is the best opensource pdf viewer available but I think that 
it's unlikely to be included in distributions, replaced by acroread when it 
will be released. Unless it has unique features :-)

Looking for unique features and this ML.... 2 things tied very closely!!

- How can be a new generation EBOOK reader (yes, 'cause kpdf can support many 
formats, not only pdf, despite of its name) ??
- What can a program offer you to help you reading / browsing through your 
documents ?? { Translation of text, Google-like indexing, Summarizing, Page 
painting, Animations, OpenGL 3D book-like view, Brain content injectors, 
Retinal Beamers } ? :-) Maybe something more?

I'm sure kpdf jurney will be lots of fun here!
Enrico Ros
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