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Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

what packages do I install?

Last edited by unregistered (2009-05-27 08:08:45)

vacant

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

pdftotext for pdf.

Aprz

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

Or more specifically,

% pacman -Sy poppler

quarkup

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

why do you want to work in terminal to read pdf files ?

u can use a desktop environment, such as kde or gnome...

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jelly

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

maybe because it's nice to have an other WM than gnome or kde .  Like it integrates with your tiling wm etc.

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Peanut

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

If you're open for lightweight graphical alternatives as well, I would suggest community/apvlv. It's a PDF viewer that uses the vi keybindings.

kevin89

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

Thanks peanut for the apvlv suggestion, never heard of it..it's awesome!

Peanut

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

Thanks peanut for the apvlv suggestion, never heard of it..it's awesome!

I'm glad I could be of use

UsuRpergoat

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

why do you want to work in terminal to read pdf files ?

u can use a desktop environment, such as kde or gnome...

Coming from a person whoes signature says "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."   

I am myself trying to move towards a no X environment.
Check out this list of apps.  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=61403

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karol

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

I am myself trying to move towards a no X environment.

fb? pdf2text?

sfauzia

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

fbgs is a good PDF reader for the console. Tends to work well only for black and white pages, though (it can be used with a -c option for color).

sfauzia

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

why do you want to work in terminal to read pdf files ?

u can use a desktop environment, such as kde or gnome...

Coming from a person whoes signature says "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."   

I am myself trying to move towards a no X environment.
Check out this list of apps.  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=61403

I would agree with your proposition 100 percent if... I wasn't a tablet PC user. My pen only works in X, along with the program I use to take notes (Xournal)

Meillo

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

fbgs is a good PDF reader for the console.

I agree ... and I used it a lot.

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unregistered

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

what about a lightweight graphical chm reader that can be used solely with the keyboard?

Berticus

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

epdfview now has some vi keybindings. It's just j and k for moving up and down. Going between pages is now smooth too.

andre.ramaciotti

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Re: Is there a command line chm or pdf viewer?

Does it save what page you were reading before you close it?

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