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Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#12
post #3

I would really appreciate if someone could put a decent PDF reader, like Sumatra, into a PDF so I could have a portable and good PDF reader on locked down computers.

Sumatra has also a portable version. Doesn't that work for you?

Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#13
post #7
post #3

I would really appreciate if someone could put a decent PDF reader, like Sumatra, into a PDF so I could have a portable and good PDF reader on locked down computers.

Are you going to open that PDF in Adobe Reader? If yes, Adobe has this friendly AI assistant forced into your face and overlapping floating toolbar on all sides of your document that you cannot get rid of to get a clean view of the document itself. So your dream of a simple lightweight clutterfree PDF reader will remain a dream, unfortunately.

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Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#15
post #11

But is there a Linux PDF editor that runs Linux in a PDF? Evince isn't loading it for me...

The only place I can get it to run is in Chrome. Wont work in Adobe reader, Firefox, evince etc. Seems most people that do this 'coding in a PDF' only target chrome as a runtime.

Not sure if theres a reason for that like chrome allows more code execution within a document or something?

Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#16
post #7
post #3

I would really appreciate if someone could put a decent PDF reader, like Sumatra, into a PDF so I could have a portable and good PDF reader on locked down computers.

Are you going to open that PDF in Adobe Reader? If yes, Adobe has this friendly AI assistant forced into your face and overlapping floating toolbar on all sides of your document that you cannot get rid of to get a clean view of the document itself. So your dream of a simple lightweight clutterfree PDF reader will remain a dream, unfortunately.

I mean if he’s searching for a good PDF reader I doubt he’ll be opening it in Adobe Reader
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