ghostcript and gsview with sticky notes

> Hello.  I hope this is the right place to ask this question, but if it is
> not then please advise accordingly.   I have Ghostscript 9.04 and GSView 4.9
> on a WinXP Pro laptop.  When I open a PDF document in Adobe Reader X, I am
> able to add little yellow stick notes to it as notes, save the document and
> later reopen it with these notes available for reading and editing.
> However, when I open this same document in GSView, it displays the yellow
> stickies but it does not show the text of the notes and it does not allow me
> to edit any of them.  Am I not doing something correctly or is this not a
> feature that is supported by your programs?  Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Liddell [mailto:chris.liddell@...]
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 2:50 AM
> To: John A. Wallace
> Cc: gs-devel@...
> Subject: Re: [gs-devel] ghostcript and gsview with sticky notes
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I don't know if anyone else replied, but.....
>
> Ghostscript is an interpreter/renderer and GSView is a GUI for it, they
> don't support editing PDF files, so there is no expectation of adding
> or
> changing the source PDF, and that includes such "notes".
>
> I think Ghostscript ought to be able to display the content of the
> "notes", but to be sure, one of us (the GS devs) would have to examine
> an example. But even if GS can, it may be that GSView doesn't expose
> that functionality - I rarely use GSView.....
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 28/12/11 22:11, John A. Wallace wrote:
> > Hello.  I hope this is the right place to ask this question, but if
> it is
> > not then please advise accordingly.   I have Ghostscript 9.04 and
> GSView 4.9
> > on a WinXP Pro laptop.  When I open a PDF document in Adobe Reader X,
> I am
> > able to add little yellow stick notes to it as notes, save the
> document and
> > later reopen it with these notes available for reading and editing.
> > However, when I open this same document in GSView, it displays the
> yellow
> > stickies but it does not show the text of the notes and it does not
> allow me
> > to edit any of them.  Am I not doing something correctly or is this
> not a
> > feature that is supported by your programs?  Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Chris,
>
> Hello. Yours was the first reply, and thank you for that. The problem is
> easy enough to reproduce with any Adobe Reader capable of making the yellow
> sticky notes, using Adobe Reader X for example, which is free and
> downloadable; but I would gladly provide an example as an attachment for one
> of the developers to see, if that is easier. Whenever such a document is
> opened, when you mouse over the yellow sticky, a pop-up appears with the
> note's text showing in it.
>
> The little window is expandable so that more of the text can be seen. The
> text in these little pop-up windows is also editable. Based on what you
> stated about the capabilities of Ghostscript and GSView, I would not expect
> the same editability, but I would like to be able to see the whole note when
> moused over. Alternatively, on my wish list I would include a feature that
> allows me to read such notes off to the side, in one document perhaps.
>
> John
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Liddell [mailto:chris.liddell@...]
>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 2:50 AM
>> To: John A. Wallace
>> Cc: gs-devel@...
>> Subject: Re: [gs-devel] ghostcript and gsview with sticky notes
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I don't know if anyone else replied, but.....
>>
>> Ghostscript is an interpreter/renderer and GSView is a GUI for it, they
>> don't support editing PDF files, so there is no expectation of adding
>> or
>> changing the source PDF, and that includes such "notes".
>>
>> I think Ghostscript ought to be able to display the content of the
>> "notes", but to be sure, one of us (the GS devs) would have to examine
>> an example. But even if GS can, it may be that GSView doesn't expose
>> that functionality - I rarely use GSView.....
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On 28/12/11 22:11, John A. Wallace wrote:
>>> Hello.  I hope this is the right place to ask this question, but if
>> it is
>>> not then please advise accordingly.   I have Ghostscript 9.04 and
>> GSView 4.9
>>> on a WinXP Pro laptop.  When I open a PDF document in Adobe Reader X,
>> I am
>>> able to add little yellow stick notes to it as notes, save the
>> document and
>>> later reopen it with these notes available for reading and editing.
>>> However, when I open this same document in GSView, it displays the
>> yellow
>>> stickies but it does not show the text of the notes and it does not
>> allow me
>>> to edit any of them.  Am I not doing something correctly or is this
>> not a
>>> feature that is supported by your programs?  Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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