Re: [NTG-context] Does the ConTeXt distro come with a PDFViewer?
All, Thanks for the tips. SumatraPDF worked well as it updates as the underlying PDF is refreshed by ConTeXt - which makes the dev-preview cycle really quick. I will compile all the tips in this thread into the Wiki. best regards, Ramkumar On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 12:53 AM Henri Menke via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > On Sat, 2021-10-09 at 18:47 +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > > On 10/9/2021 3:07 PM, Ramkumar KB via ntg-context wrote: > > > Hello Community, > > > > > > If my memory serves me correctly, I might have noticed (in one of the > > > presentations during the recent ConTeXt meeting) that the distro > > > comes > > > with a PDFViewer. Is that a correct assumption? > > > > > > I am currently using a VSCode extension for PDFViewing but it does > > > not > > > work very reliably. > > just use an external one, normally it will update automatically (on > > windows sumatrapdf is pretty ok, on linux i'd probably use okular > > because mupdf has no real gui) > > I know of two muPDF GUIs: > > - llpp https://github.com/moosotc/llpp > - zathura https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/ > > Both are fairly minimalistic, but if you only want to display pages > they do the job. Zathura also supports synctex. > > > > > Hans > > > > - > >Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > >Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > > - > > ___ > > > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry > > to the Wiki! > > > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___ > > > > > > ___ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___ > ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Does the ConTeXt distro come with a PDFViewer?
On Sat, 2021-10-09 at 18:47 +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > On 10/9/2021 3:07 PM, Ramkumar KB via ntg-context wrote: > > Hello Community, > > > > If my memory serves me correctly, I might have noticed (in one of the > > presentations during the recent ConTeXt meeting) that the distro > > comes > > with a PDFViewer. Is that a correct assumption? > > > > I am currently using a VSCode extension for PDFViewing but it does > > not > > work very reliably. > just use an external one, normally it will update automatically (on > windows sumatrapdf is pretty ok, on linux i'd probably use okular > because mupdf has no real gui) I know of two muPDF GUIs: - llpp https://github.com/moosotc/llpp - zathura https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/ Both are fairly minimalistic, but if you only want to display pages they do the job. Zathura also supports synctex. > > Hans > > - > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > - > ___ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry > to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___ > ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Does the ConTeXt distro come with a PDFViewer?
On 10/9/2021 3:07 PM, Ramkumar KB via ntg-context wrote: Hello Community, If my memory serves me correctly, I might have noticed (in one of the presentations during the recent ConTeXt meeting) that the distro comes with a PDFViewer. Is that a correct assumption? I am currently using a VSCode extension for PDFViewing but it does not work very reliably. just use an external one, normally it will update automatically (on windows sumatrapdf is pretty ok, on linux i'd probably use okular because mupdf has no real gui) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Does the ConTeXt distro come with a PDFViewer?
> Am 09.10.2021 um 15:07 schrieb Ramkumar KB via ntg-context > : > > If my memory serves me correctly, I might have noticed (in one of the > presentations during the recent ConTeXt meeting) that the distro comes with a > PDFViewer. Is that a correct assumption? No. There’s no editor or viewer included. We just discussed features and problems of existing viewers and decided to try to support developers in enhancing open source viewers. Hraban ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
