From: "Robert Comer" 

> (Damn idiot lazy ass programmers had to make it work so stupid - why the
> f*ck can't they ever think before they do these things?  Just a) how easy
> would it be to load the plugins *when neeeded*, and b) make the stupid
> search functionality built-in at least? A plugin for searching?
> Gimmeabreak...)

Excessive logic foul, penalty kick awarded. 

- Bob Comer


"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote in
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> "Gregg N"  wrote in message
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>>> You can speed up 6 by quite a lot be disabling most of the plugins...
>>>
>>> - Bob Comer
>>
>> I've already uninstalled 6 and reverted to 5.1, so I can't check.
>> What plugins did 6 have that can be disabled?
>
> By default, it loads everything in it's "plugins" directory,
when in fact
> it can live without any of those, and you can still read at least most of
> the basic pdf's. Try this (I just tested this on my new computer, works
> nicely): make a new folder somewhere and copy everything, including
> subfolders, from the Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins folder to there.
> Then open a pdf file. Fast, eh? My version loaded the test file so fast
> that it almost scared the crap out of me! 
>
> Now, hit search in the reader. It will complain that a plugin is missing
> (yeah nice going - couldn't be bothered to show *which* plugin is missing,
> no). So look into the plugins where ever you moved them: you'll find a
> "Search.api" file there - just plonk it right back to the original
> plug_ins folder and restart the reader, and now you can search again. Most
> of the plugins seem to be named like that, so it should be pretty easy to
> find the one that's missing.
>
> Me, I don't usually need anything else than to be able to read and
> sometimes search the pdf's, but of course if you use more complex stuff
> (I'd guess forms and stuff like that) you'll have to figure out some of
> the other plugins as well.
>
> Oh, and as far as I know, this should work in version 5.x as well.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
> (Damn idiot lazy ass programmers had to make it work so stupid - why the
> f*ck can't they ever think before they do these things?  Just a) how easy
> would it be to load the plugins *when neeeded*, and b) make the stupid
> search functionality built-in at least? A plugin for searching?
> Gimmeabreak...)
>
>

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