Re: [gentoo-user] palemoon and pdfs

[Walter Dnes]

On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 11:16:21AM -0500, james wrote
> team-gentoo-user,
>
> Palemoon, Installed versions:  28.8.4, is great!
>
> But, no matter what I try, I cannot view 'pdf' files in
> palemoon. Is there a page that explains how to get pdf
> viewing working on ver 28.8.4?
>
>
> https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/moon-pdf-viewer/

  You're better off invoking an external app (long story).

> Or a workaround like popping up another app so I can read the pdf, which
> are common, from whatever source?
> ANY hack would be OK....

  Another Pale Moon user here.  I use app-text/mupdf which is a
minimalist viewer.  The controls are a bit wierd.  To copy text hold
down the {CTRL} key and simultaneously drag the *RIGHT* mouse key to
extend-select a rectangle.  "+" and "-" control the zoom and {SHIFT}{H}
expands/decreases to properly fit the window.  Searching is like "less".
"/" searches forward (not case-sensitive) and "n" finds next occurence.
See the man page for more goodies.

  In my case, it saves a copy of the pdf file in /tmp/mozilla_waltdnes0/
(*YES* with Pale Moon).

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications