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Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by realPtolemy »

quyleanh wrote: post #20
realPtolemy wrote: post #10

Using it for windows, good and lightweight, much more convenient than Adobe for basic usage. But I wish that I was able to ”drag and open in new window” tabs of different opened PDF files. But I must say that skim for Mac is the best!

You mean "ability to drag out a tab to open it in new window"? If so, you can do in latest update [1] [1] https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/releases/tag/...

Excellent! Will update today then :)

Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by Semaphor »

pixelpoet wrote: post #6

What's super handy about SumatraPDF is that it will auto reload normal image files if they're modified, so it's an easy way to get some sort of windowed graphics output by saving image files.

Not just images. Whole PDFs as well. I do some PDF generation for work, and running the update command and instantly seeing the changes when it’s done, is great.

Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by vermaden »

I use SumatraPDF daily but an older version 2.5.2 - before the 'larger' rework.

Works very well under WINE on FreeBSD and does not have display issues with taskbars etc.

Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by arp242 »

commandersaki wrote: post #27

Great retrospective of SumatraPDF from the author: https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/2f72237a4230410a888acbfc... .

Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27968900 - Jul 2021 (133 comments)

Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app (2021) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35065785 - Mar 2023 (173 comments)

Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by app4soft »

ww520 wrote: post #40
mattegan wrote: post #36

Like others have mentioned, Sumatra is one of a few Windows-only utilities that I routinely miss when on Mac or Linux, primarily due to two simple interactions which I miss every day viewing schematics, mechanical/technical drawings or datasheets -- Alt + Scroll == Zoom and Right Click + Drag == Pan. Does anyone know of any viewers on Mac or Linux that provide these two features? Skim on Mac implements Option + Scrol…

Can it run under Wine on Linux?

Yes, it runs under Wine or CrossOver on Linux and Mac.

Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by nuxi »

lencastre wrote: post #61
quyleanh wrote: post #18

The big update of SumatraPDF was out yesterday [1]. There are a lot of bugs fix and improvement in the backlog [2]. [1] https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/releases/tag/... [2] https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/issues/3672

Dark mode and tab switching with the keyboard are 2 great additions to the best lightweight PDF reader EVER!!!

Tab switching with the keyboard was already possible previously, IIRC you can use Alt+ (or maybe Ctrl+) to switch to the N-th tab.

Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by app4soft »

DANmode wrote: post #50
elromulous wrote: post #22

What's the SumatraPDF for Android? It used to be Repligo, but it got removed from the Play store ages ago. I still had access to it, but since it wasn't being maintained, it became harder to use with each android os update.

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/PdfViewer

It does not work on Android 6

Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by autoexec »

Mengkudulangsat wrote: post #42
sammy2255 wrote: post #33

Love SumatraPdf, completely no-bs software unlike Adobe. If I ever need to sign a PDF Microsoft Edge works wonderfully

I still need Adobe to sign and fill forms. Wish Sumatra can do those too :(

I'm really glad that they don't. I'd much rather have a safer PDF viewer that only supports a limited subset of what adobe's shitware does to handle 99% of my PDF file needs so that I only need to risk opening Adobe software 1% of the time. That's so much better than turning Sumatra into the same bloated mess of risky features that is Adobe Acrobat.

Re: SumatraPDF Reader

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Post by ivraatiems »

Wow, I just installed this for the first time and its performance blows both Adobe Reader (not an achievement) and Foxit (something of an achievement) out of the water! Nice work by these devs. And its install footprint is around 10% of those programs.

What the hell is Adobe doing, I wonder, that makes their software so unbearably slow and painful to use?

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