Startup Script for Acroread

[Leon A. Goldstein]

Joel Hammer wrote:

>  Joel: I have a Libranet 2.8/2.8.1 KDE desktop icon with the following
> > execute:
> > /usr/lib/Acrobat5/bin/acroread
> > No script involved at all.
> > This opens Acrobat, and I then pick off the desired PDF to open from its
> > menu.
> > I have another desktop icon to open the WP8 manual with the following
> > execute:
> > /usr/lib/Acrobat5/bin/acroread /usr/doc/corel/wp8/manual/wp8gui.pdf
> >
> > Why not post your script? I suspect its purpose is to let you open a PDF
> > that you enter as an argument.
>
> Opps. Turns out that I am actually calling acroread from
> a script in mozilla.
>
> Have you checked the contents of
> /usr/lib/Acrobat5/bin/acroread?  Mind is a long script.
>
> The binary hangs out as:
> /usr/lib/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread
>
> If you try starting the binary directly, you get this
> message:
>
> acroread must be executed from the startup script.
>
> So, there must be some obscure enviromental variable that
> acrobat wants to see.
>
> Well, it works.
>

Joel: it is a script on Libranet too - sending it to you privately for
comparison rather than clutter up the list.

--
Leon A. Goldstein

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