On 3/3/20 5:00 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 11:16:21AM -0500, james wrote
team-gentoo-user,
Palemoon, Installed versions: 28.8.4, is great!
But, no matter what I try, I cannot view 'pdf' files in
palemoon. Is there a page that explains how to get pdf
viewing working on ver 28.8.4?
https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/moon-pdf-viewer/
You're better off invoking an external app (long story).
Yep; after some extensive reading and further testing, I would agree.
Hopefully, palemoon comes out with the ability to handle pdfs, security
issues included, in a more recent version.
Or a workaround like popping up another app so I can read the pdf, which
are common, from whatever source?
ANY hack would be OK
Another Pale Moon user here. I use app-text/mupdf which is a
minimalist viewer. The controls are a bit wierd. To copy text hold
down the {CTRL} key and simultaneously drag the *RIGHT* mouse key to
extend-select a rectangle. "+" and "-" control the zoom and {SHIFT}{H}
expands/decreases to properly fit the window. Searching is like "less".
"/" searches forward (not case-sensitive) and "n" finds next occurence.
See the man page for more goodies.
Yes, I'm testing out mupdf, as it is a bit 'quirky'.
Hey, thanks for the tip, as I'll try something similar, but it's easier
on my old brain, if I 'autosort/file' pdf's logically under a file-tree
where a variety of different files all mostly at the bottom of a
tree-branch. are concentric on subject/content. My database 'fu' is
not current with all of the latest/cool database tools.
I'll experiment and see if I cannot find a secure solution, that makes
reading and auto-filing copies of PDFs consistent and easy to recall,
(logically) sort and filter. But I'd duplicate all the pdfs into one
dir/branch as a worst case I can apply search-filters on a single,
massive dir/branch.
As an engineer, too active, I receive tons of good files/data so, I'm to
the point of some advance sorting/filing/labeling/searchable solutions
for a large amount of excellent data/files. Perhaps there is a project
already 'auto-sorting' and such, that I have missed? One of the newer
database technologies?
In my case, it saves a copy of the pdf file in /tmp/mozilla_waltdnes0/
(*YES* with Pale Moon).
This would require, (logically) renaming the pdf's as I do get a myriad
of files and email, quite a lot I permanently retain...
Here is a master listing of tools; most are available for gentoo:
https://www.tecmint.com/linux-pdf-viewers-and-readers-tools/
Thanks Walt,
James
