Zathura PDF viewer

[Iguleder]

Here's the best PDF viewer I've ever seen: Zathura.

Very minimalistic, very very very lightweight and awesome for small screens.

[vovchik]

Dear Iguleder,

Many thanks for this little gem. It actually works nicely, but you have to know the keystrokes, which might not be obvious. To that end, here is a little pdf file made from the man page. The main thing to remember are the keys "a" and "s" (zoom to fit and zoom to fit respectively).

With kind regards,
vovchik

PS. It compiles nearly instantly with a simple make file.

[ttuuxxx]

sounds like someone should take this on as a project and add a simple gui with zoom/print screen, file open dialog, next and previous page and that's about it
ttuuxxx

[L18L]

sounds like someone should take this on as a project and add a simple gui with zoom/print screen, file open dialog, next and previous page and that's about it
ttuuxxx

Maybe I could be the one if it worked in wary

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# zathura
zathura: error while loading shared libraries: libpoppler-glib.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
# 

[ttuuxxx]

sounds like someone should take this on as a project and add a simple gui with zoom/print screen, file open dialog, next and previous page and that's about it
ttuuxxx

Maybe I could be the one if it worked in wary

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# zathura
zathura: error while loading shared libraries: libpoppler-glib.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
# 

just locate libpoppler-glib.so and make a system link called libpoppler-glib.so.4 and iy should work.
ttuuxxx

[L18L]

just locate libpoppler-glib.so and make a system link called libpoppler-glib.so.4 and iy should work.

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# ln -s /usr/lib/libpoppler-glib.so.5.0.0 /usr/lib/libpoppler-glib.so.4

Thank you
that was in wary511q

[L18L]

simplePDFreader
download to /root/my-applications/bin
dependency: yad (pet-packages-common: yad and yad-nls)

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#!/bin/sh
#
# simplePDFreader: gui for zathura pdf reader
# 2011-07-14 2011-07-17 L18L seaside
# required: yad version >= 0.9.0
#
RESTART=$0
file=$1            # file to read
#
export TEXTDOMAIN=simple_yad
export OUTPUT_CHARSET=UTF-8
#

title=$(gettext "simplePDFreader zathura")
zathura_manual=`find -name zathura.pdf` # <smile>
echo $zathura_manual

shortcuts="<b> $(gettext 'Shortcuts (^ is Ctrl)') </b> 
 <span color='red'>J</span>	$(gettext 'Go to next page')
 K	$(gettext 'Go to previous page') 
 h	$(gettext 'Scroll to the left') 
 k	$(gettext 'Scroll upwards') 
 j	$(gettext 'Scroll downwards') 
 ^f	$(gettext 'Scroll page down')
 ^b	$(gettext 'Scroll page up') 
 ^d	$(gettext 'Scroll half a page down')
 ^u	$(gettext 'Scroll half a page up')
 l	$(gettext 'Scroll to the right') 
 <span color='red'>+</span>	$(gettext 'Zoom in') 
 -	$(gettext 'Zoom out')"
 
exitus(){
 kill `cat /tmp/simplePDFreader_PID` 2> /dev/null
 kill `cat /tmp/simplePDFreader_mPID` 2> /dev/null
 exit 0	
}

select_directory()
{
 dir=$(yad --title="$title" \
           --width="450"    \
           --height="300"   \
           --separator=""   \
           --text="    <span stretch='expanded' color='#330099'>$(gettext 'select the <b>directory</b> where to search for PDF files</span>')"   \
           --file-selection           \
           --directory      \
           --filename="/usr/share/examples/"      \
       )
[[ $? -eq 1 ]] && exitus
 list_pdfs_of_dir $dir
}

list_pdfs_of_dir()
{
 dir=$1
 file="" 
 until [ "$file" != "" ]
 do
  file=$(find $1 -name '*.pdf' | yad --title="$title" \
        --height="250"                                \
        --separator=""                                \
        --text="    <span stretch='expanded' color='#009933'><i>$(gettext 'Select the <b>file</b> you want to read:</i></span>')"   \
        --list --column="PDF files in your $dir directory"  \
        --button="gtk-go-up:3" \
        --button="gtk-find:2"  \
		--button="gtk-help:4"  \
		--button="gtk-quit:1"  \
		--button="gtk-ok:0"    \
       )
  result=$?      
  case $result in
  1) exitus ;;
  2) select_directory ;;
  3) dir=`dirname $dir` ; list_pdfs_of_dir $dir ;;
  4) if [ "$zathura_manual" != "" ] 
     then
      shortcuts 
      zathura "$zathura_manual" & 
      mPID=$!
      echo $mPID > /tmp/simplePDFreader_mPID
     else yad --button="gtk-ok" --text="Sorry, missing zathura.pdf"
     fi
     ;;
  esac
 done
 echo "file=$file"
 [ "$file" = "" ] && select_directory 
}

shortcuts()
{
 if [ `ps | grep 'yad --title=simplePDFreader' | wc -l` -lt 2 ] 
 then
  ## Shortcuts top left sticky
  yad --title="simplePDFreader" --text="$shortcuts" --no-buttons --geometry="80x200+0+0" --sticky &
  sPID=$!
  echo $sPID > /tmp/simplePDFreader_PID
 fi 
}

##  if no argument we start showing a list of pdf files under $HOME
 [ ! -f "$file" ] && list_pdfs_of_dir $HOME

shortcuts

## lauch viewer
echo lauch viewer $file
zathura "$file"

# continue
file="`echo $file | tr ' ' '_'`"     # just to make sure that dirname will work
echo "file=$file"
dir=`dirname $file`
 [ "$dir" = "" ] && dir=/usr/share     # there are some pdf's
echo "continue dir=$dir/"
list_pdfs_of_dir "$dir/"
$RESTART "$file"
#end of script

[seaside]

L18L,

That's a good start for a Zathura PDF viewer gui.

There are a few items that you might want to add.

If you use this following form of directory selection, you won't need two dialogs, be able to go to any directory and, additionally, you'll get a *.pdf filter.

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yad  --file-selection --file-filter="Pdf files | *.pdf"

Also, the font command is "--font=" (not "--fontname=") and the "on-top" command doesn't work, but can be utilized by making a "--class" with a matching entry in JWM.

Cheers,
s

[L18L]

seaside,

thank you for your comment
on-top does not work
fontname does not work -> it is used for preselecting a font in fontselect

Thanks for explaining the filter thing

But I want 2 dialogs:

Starting the script with a file, after closing zathura you get a list of pdf files to choose from
because I think this is the intuitive way to continue.
Another choice is using the find button and here see only directories.
The default is now /usr/share/examples where there are pdf´s.

Starting without a file, all pdf´s under $HOME are listed.

I am going to overwrite the above script now. go-up button added.

[don570]

I put Zathura in Right-click-4.9.7
for Lucid Puppyand Wary

To remind people of the key shortcuts I put
'a' and 's' in the right click menu


For more info
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67013

[seaside]

Starting the script with a file, after closing zathura you get a list of pdf files to choose from
because I think this is the intuitive way to continue.
Another choice is using the find button and here see only directories.
The default is now /usr/share/examples where there are pdf´s.

.

L18L,

I have tested this with Yad 0.9.0 on pup431 (would have to upgrade GTK to compile the latest Yad ) and the "find" button doesn't produce anything. The reason is that there are several options used which are newer and not in Yad 0.9.0.

What version of Yad are you using?

Cheers,
s

EDIT:

Actually, if the following change is made, it works as you described. Change "--file' to "--file-selection" and delete "--dclick-action" in the "select_directory" function. It would now read -

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select_directory()
{
 dir=$(yad --title="$title" \
           --width="450"    \
           --height="300"   \
           --separator=""   \
           --text="    <span stretch='expanded' color='#330099'>$(gettext 'select the <b>directory</b> where to search for PDF files</span>')"   \
           --file-selection           \
           --directory      \
           --filename="/usr/share/examples/"      \
           
       )
[[ $? -eq 1 ]] && exitus
 list_pdfs_of_dir $dir
}

[L18L]

seaside,
thank you. It is very good making this script workable in yad 0.9, too

I have been overwriting the script (see 5 posts above) now,
added a help button
which launches vovchik´s zathura.pdf
if available anywhere on the system.

vovchik,
where did you get the man page from?
(I think the help button should point to the man page directly)

Thanks for testing and feedback
l

[vovchik]

Dear L18L,

I got the manpage from the tarball and made my own pdf The archived manpage is attached. The tarball is here: https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[L18L]

Dear vovchik,

thank you very much making me RTFM (read the Fine manual)
Moved zathura.1.gz to /usr/share/man/1 and

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man zathura

works.

Kind regards
l

Version 0.0.8.4 fixes several bugs

[keniv]

Hi L18L

I cannot get your gui script to work on 525. I am not sure I am doing the right thing. This is what I have done. I copied your script to a new file in my-applications/bin. I made this file executable. When I click on this file I get a small box With "simple pdf read" and a cancel and ok box. This box does nothing and cannot be closed or killed. To get rid of it I have to restart X. I am using the version of yad in your link. Bellow is the output when I run the script in a terminal then press the ok button on the box that appears.

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/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 70: --height=250: command not found
/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 71: --separator=: command not found
/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 72: --text=    <span stretch='expanded' color='#009933'><i>Select the <b>file</b> you want to read:</i></span>: No such file or directory
/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 73: --list: command not found
/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 74: --button=gtk-go-up:3: command not found
/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 75: --button=gtk-find:2: command not found
/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 76: --button=gtk-help:4: command not found
/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 77: --button=gtk-quit:1: command not found
/root/my-applications/bin/NewFile: line 78: --button=gtk-ok:0: command not found

Zathura itself is working ok. I really like it.

I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Regards,

Ken.

[don570]

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 268#545268

I made a simple GUI (in French and English)
to open PDF files with zathura.

___________________________________

[seaside]

keniv,

This looks to me that the paste into the file was off.

Try another select and paste and see if that works.

Thanks for showing the errors, as that's always a big help in troubleshooting.

Cheers,
s

[keniv]

Hi Seaside

Have produced a new script file using copy and paste as described before but got the same outcome when I ran it. Compared both files with Xfdiff and they were identical so if I am doing something wrong then at least I am doing it consistently. I have done this before with other scripts and it has worked.

Hi Don570

Have just tried your gui pet for zathura and it worked. I like the " key shortcuts". I though it was a good idea to bring them up then minimise them so as if I forgot one I could bring them up again. However, if I minimise the short cuts the rest of the gui becomes unresponsive. Should I be able to minimise the shortcuts in this way? I also like your "right-click" pet. Its very useful.

Could I ask if it would be possible to convert the " simplePDFreader script submitted by L18L into a pet? I have no idea how to do this myself and do not know how mush work this involves and so I hope I am not asking to much.

Regards,

Ken.

[L18L]

keniv,
I have tested in lupu525 and cannot reproduce your result.
A test in drake01 has brought up a missing dependency in drake01, so your comment was useful, thanks again.

Could I ask if it would be possible to convert the " simplePDFreader script submitted by L18L into a pet? I have no idea how to do this myself and do not know how mush work this involves and so I hope I am not asking to much.

Yes, it is possible...
Wait a moment... or 2?

[L18L]

keniv (and all )

your wish has been a command
Here it is, my 1st pet this year (2nd in total).

Hope it helps

Feedback appreciated

Edit
bugfixed version uploaded, 0.1 deleted