Peng Yu <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, > > Let me explain why this feature can be very useful. Suppose that you > are viewing some pdf at page A, but there is a link from page A to > page B and you want to view both pages. If evince has split view, then > users can click the split view bar, which leads to two views of A, > then the users can jump to page B by clicking the link. Now, the users > finishes reading B, then he can unsplit the view and continue to read > A. Users don't have to layout views. (This feature is available in > acrobat, I feel it very useful.) > > If it is as Juanjo suggested, then I have to find the same pdf file, > open it a second time, scroll it to A from the initial page and jump > to B, then layout the two evince windows (but I may have to resize the > original windows and the view for A may have changed and I have to > scroll it to make sure I see the same part of page A. Note on Mac OS > X, I don't think there is an easy way to layout two evince windows > side-by-side easily). After I finished reading B, I close the window > for B. Now, I need to maximize the window for A to make sure I have > the maximum viewport for A.
Clicking with the middle button on a link opens the link in a new window. Or right click -> Open in a new window. > Now you can see that I wasted a lot more time in scrolling views and > resizing windows in the second approach. What is worse is that > references are very common in academic articles. Doing this kind of > scrolling and resizing really disrupt thoughts hence is very > counterproductive. I think that this use case justifies the importance > of this feature. > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 5:14 AM, Juanjo Marín <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Peng ! >> >> It is quite easy to put two Evince windows side by side with GNOME >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip9Bgjaspjs >> >> >> IMHO, splitting in Evince only adds complexity to the code and I think it >> is better to use our scarce resources in other features. > > -- > Regards, > Peng > _______________________________________________ > evince-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evince-list -- Carlos Garcia Campos PGP key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x523E6462
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