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Whusmaname

What programming language would work best to open Xpdf on the page I last read in the PDF I open through the bookmark icon on my desktop?

I don't have the icon yet either and I want to either fill in a textbox to say what page I'm on and click the ok button to save, or have it save automatically... is it possible?

Flash · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2011, 10:27 Post_subject:

Most pdf readers have a box that shows the page you are on. You can also enter a page number in that window and go straight to that page. Just out of curiosity, would your bookmark app remember the number that was in that window when you last closed the pdf file?

Whusmaname · Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2011, 06:00 Post_subject:

I'm assuming so... but I don't know any programming languages, so I don't know which one would be able to grab that info.

What I want to do is make an icon that you only need to click on once, which brings up an instance of the pdf-reader with the book you were reading open at the page you closed it at.

Obviously the first time you click it, it'll give you the option to enter the data regarding the book you're currently reading in PDF, and it'll then subsequently open that book at the place you closed it the next time you click on the icon, or you can choose a pdf to read via the load function in this interface via a list that automatically gets filled.
In other words, it shows you in the list which books you've read in PDF format, in whatever order you set it to (IE: in the order you opened them in, or in alphabetical order, etc...)

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3620 Location: around the bend

Sounds good. Also ask for this modification at the website of the PDF reader of your choice.

Whusmaname · Posted: Tue 13 Sep 2011, 04:16 Post_subject:

Ooh... good idea, aarf. Which is your favorite PDF reader? I'm okay with the one that came on the LiveCD ISO I downloaded, but I would have liked the option of changing the text- and background-colours, like I can do with Adobe Reader. Is there a version of Adobe (something similar) for Linux?

Edit: Nevermind... I found it here.

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3620 Location: around the bend

disciple · Posted: Tue 13 Sep 2011, 06:15 Post_subject:

I'm actually sure I've seen a pdf reader with the feature you want... I can't remember which one though, sorry.

disciple · Posted: Wed 21 Sep 2011, 06:14 Post_subject:

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3021 Location: Ontario

When I am using Zathura to open a PDF, then quit and reopen
the same PDF file, the same page is shown that I was reading
previously. This is apparently a feature of Zathura.

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Whusmaname · Posted: Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:46 Post_subject:

Will Zathura work on a Compaq Armada 7400 (Pentium II) with 64megs of RAM (60MB (35MB used) according to Summary - System Information)?

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3021 Location: Ontario

I think it can be installed in any Puppy
(and any computer with 128megs)
64megs is stretching it thin!!!
but I use it in recent Puppies and a 256 megabyte machine
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=1251744077&t=70032

If you're a new Puppy user
I would recommend Barry Kauler's most recent
Wary Puppy 5.1.99
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/test/wary5.1.99/

and then install right-click-5.2.5.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67013
This will automatically install zathura for you
and lots of other goodies.

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technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4125

even lighter weight than zathura or epdfview is mupdf (only ~10mb ram usage)
you can open mupdf to any page by using
mupdf some.pdf page#

available here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=61922

there is no bookmark file or even a gui for mupdf though ... just keyboard shortcuts (see vlc-gtk if you want to adapt a gui wrapper for it)

the next version of mupdf will have support for showing the page #
if anyone wants to patch v0.9, here is the commit:
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commit;h=5e4ab352ecb523002221624ed71fb6bf4366c862

Whusmaname · Posted: Wed 21 Sep 2011, 16:20 Post_subject:

@don570: I'm pretty happy with the fact that I finally got LuPu 511 installed (Frugal, but that's okay too) on this machine, since I struggled so much to get any flavour of Linux onto it, that I'm gonna stick with what I've got unless it gives me trouble...

Yes, I am a n00b on Linux, which is why this frugal install is so good for me. As for running the latest stuff, I don't even connect to the internet with this laptop, 'cos it just doesn't have the power to keep up.

@technosaurus: So will I be able to run the bookmark icon I'm requesting, to open mupdf and get it to go directly to the page I was on, if I have a GUI that I'll (probably) have to edit on exiting the PDF I'm viewing?

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4125

yes, something like this, but with more comments and easier to modify

disciple · Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2011, 00:50 Post_subject: