BePDF

BePDF

BePDF 1.1.1 beta 4 on Haiku R1 Alpha 4.1
Initial release	0.1.0 (29 July 2000 (2000-07-29))
Preview release	1.1.1b5 (6 May 2011 (2011-05-06)) [±][1]
Written in	C / C++
Operating system	BeOS, Haiku, and magnussoft ZETA
Type	Document viewer
License	GNU GPL
Website	haikuarchives.github.io/BePDF/

BePDF is a free software PDF reader for Haiku, BeOS, and magnussoft ZETA. It is based on Xpdf. It was added in Haiku R1 alpha 1 as its sole PDF reader.

The source code for BePDF is available via GitHub after a migration from SourceForge.^[2]

Features

BePDF supports the following features:^[2]

• Viewing of encrypted and password protected PDF 1.5 files.
  • Opens file dropped on window.
  • Navigation (with keyboard, toolbar, dragging with the mouse, mouse wheel).
    • Support for hyperlinks within the file.
    • Support for user-defined bookmarks for unencrypted files.
  • Displays annotations.
  • Zooming (in/out, selecting a rectangle with the mouse).
  • Rotating the page.
  • Can show a page list, bookmarks and attachments.
  • Window mode or full-screen mode.
  • Japanese, Chinese (simplified, traditional) and Korean font support.
  • Renders embedded fonts (Type 1 and TrueType) with FreeType 2 library.
  • Multithreaded (rendering is done in a separate thread).
• Editing (Annotations can be added to an unencrypted PDF file)
• File Attachment Annotations and Attachments can be saved.
• Printing (range of pages; even or odd pages only; reverse or in order).
• Searching text.
• Copying text or graphics (via drag and drop to other applications (e.g. Tracker) and into the clipboard).
• Session management for PDF files on BFS (open file with the settings when it was last closed).
• Information (about the file, security, fonts used).
• Localization for over 20 languages.

See also

• List of PDF software
• BeOS
• Haiku (operating system)

References