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It's been around ten years that my desktop barely changed except a few pixels thanks to dwm and dmenu. I am a bit exaggerating but I love the stability that min

by lugu 2y ago

It's been around ten years that my desktop barely changed except a few pixels thanks to dwm and dmenu. I am a bit exaggerating but I love the stability that minimalism brings. If only they could make a pdf viewer...

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vq 2y ago
Are you aware of Sioyek[0]? It's a PDF viewer with a fairly minimal UI and a focus on keyboard interaction. [0]: https://sioyek.info https://sioyek.info
- SoftTalker 2y ago
  Thanks, I love finding little nuggets like this here.
- naasking 2y ago
  SumatraPDF: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader No frills, super fast and small. Been using it on Windows for years.
  - evanjrowley 2y ago
    I recently downloaded SumatraPDF to open a PDF on Windows XP. Glad they still host a release that works on it. :)
  - Koshkin 2y ago
    Need wine (or something stronger) to run it on Linux.
- BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
  Eh, it vendors an old version of mupdf. Very bad idea, considering that it's a C program/library handling a notoriously complex format often shared on the Internet. Personally, I just use mupdf (which I sandbox through bubblewrap).
flubbergusto 2y ago
Have any issues with mupdf? I find it suckless.
- kjrfghslkdjfl 2y ago
  That's android only. He's talking about desktop. I like it too though.
- zamadatix 2y ago
  To the currently dead sibling comment by kjrfghslkdjfl (on the off chance they get to see this): mupdf is extremely cross platform. I felt that should have at least been mentioned before your comment reached being dead over that misunderstanding.
  - andrewflnr 2y ago
    That's, uh, not why the comment is dead.
- fc417fc802 2y ago
  Seconding this. It's my default choice for many file formats, not just pdf. However it doesn't support jpegxl so in those cases I use Okular (very much not minimal but quite usable).
  - Imustaskforhelp 2y ago
    Yes okular is just brilliant for PDFs i love okular
homebrewer 2y ago
zathura is close enough — it's very minimalistic and supports everything under the sun: pdf, djvu, comics, epub... https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/ https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/

by lugu 2y ago

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vq 2y ago

Are you aware of Sioyek[0]? It's a PDF viewer with a fairly minimal UI and a focus on keyboard interaction. [0]: https://sioyek.info https://sioyek.info

SoftTalker 2y ago
Thanks, I love finding little nuggets like this here.
naasking 2y ago
SumatraPDF: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader No frills, super fast and small. Been using it on Windows for years.
- evanjrowley 2y ago
  I recently downloaded SumatraPDF to open a PDF on Windows XP. Glad they still host a release that works on it. :)
- Koshkin 2y ago
  Need wine (or something stronger) to run it on Linux.
BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
Eh, it vendors an old version of mupdf. Very bad idea, considering that it's a C program/library handling a notoriously complex format often shared on the Internet. Personally, I just use mupdf (which I sandbox through bubblewrap).

flubbergusto 2y ago

Have any issues with mupdf? I find it suckless.

kjrfghslkdjfl 2y ago
That's android only. He's talking about desktop. I like it too though.
zamadatix 2y ago
To the currently dead sibling comment by kjrfghslkdjfl (on the off chance they get to see this): mupdf is extremely cross platform. I felt that should have at least been mentioned before your comment reached being dead over that misunderstanding.
- andrewflnr 2y ago
  That's, uh, not why the comment is dead.
fc417fc802 2y ago
Seconding this. It's my default choice for many file formats, not just pdf. However it doesn't support jpegxl so in those cases I use Okular (very much not minimal but quite usable).
- Imustaskforhelp 2y ago
  Yes okular is just brilliant for PDFs i love okular

homebrewer 2y ago

zathura is close enough — it's very minimalistic and supports everything under the sun: pdf, djvu, comics, epub... https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/ https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/