Hello,
On 2019-10-13 12:43, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Hi, I’d like to update my list of (usable!) PDF viewers.
Which one do you use? (Current version?)
PDF XChange Viewer
(https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer)
What are its pros and cons?
+ Free; not annoying as AR is; many functions included, restore last
view, tabbed env, page thumbs navigator/bookmarks navigator, attachment
list, comment list; OCR included; handy designed; (many command line
options, e.g.) /open and /close options to be used by 3rd party
programs; /printto for batch printing; printing also: tile large pages /
print many pages on one sheet of paper; some "extras" require pro
(non-free) version.
Is it free (open source, freeware)?
Free, not open source.
Does it work on Win/Lin/Mac?
Windows
Does it have a localized interface? (I don’t care, but I work with
people who don’t understand a lot of English.)
Yes.
Can it handle comments, attachments?
Yes.
Can it handle forms with or without JavaScript?
Not using - don't know
Does it support SyncTeX? (Who uses that anyway?)
No.
Does it update changed PDFs on its own (or does it even block
overwriting)?
No. With working with ConTeXt, I'm using a batch file which normally
opens a copy of a PDF being compiled, and once it's (successfully)
compiled, the batch reopens the PDF in the viewer.
Which other features are essential for your choice?
Handy work - after some time of using the prog, you see how much "handy"
the program is, but hard to say which feature is essetial or most
important; "total handyness" is the goal.
I would probably change this PDF viewer just if synctex worked WELL with
the source (and in my case - I'm using Lua in ConTeXt widely to generate
the PDF, so in most cases synctech navigates me badly to the source).
Best regards,
Lukas
E.g. I’m working with:
- Preview.app (Mac)
Default on MacOS, fast & easy. No JS, bad forms support, updates
"sometimes". Usable as a previewer, not as a PDF toolbox.
- Adobe Reader DC (Mac)
I use it only to check forms or as reference. Unusable GUI.
- Acrobat Pro 9 (Mac)
Was my workhorse, but works on MacOS Mojave only partly; slow &
crash-prone; no updates. Can check PDF/X<4 and convert colors.
- PDF Studio Pro (on Mac & Linux)
Bought to replace AcroPro9; JS support broken; slow startup; no
updates. Can check PDF/X, A, UA and convert colors.
Ok with forms, but doesn’t support LiveCycle forms (deprecated, but
used by German boards).
- Qpdfview (Linux)
Fast and easy; reliably updates.
- PDF.js (Browser or Atom)
Is said to do SyncTeX (never tried). Easy, but slow. Updates.
Curious: Hraban
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