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Looking for a PDF viewer with a specific feature (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 week ago by BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I've been having a hard time looking for a pdf viewer that has a specific feature, and have been meaning to ask for a good enough one to use instead.

The feature i was looking for is viewing a directory of files at once without having to open multiple files at once and navigate from tabs, sort of like a file explorer and a pdf viewer in one, which might be a lot to ask.

What I'm asking for right now is what software would you use if you needed to read plenty of pdf files from the same source?

If you don't have anything specific that solves this, I'd still like to know if there is a "good enough" pdf viewer, as the browser doesn't feel like a good enough solution for my problem.

Note that i do not need to edit the files, just view them.

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[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What do you mean by “open multiple files at once” and “viewing a directory”?

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think OP might be looking for something like nomacs or Gwenview except for PDFs instead of images. I don't have the answer to the question, but I can see what OP is looking for.

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

That's pretty close to what I'd be looking for, yes, a problem I'm having with common pdf viewers is that I'd need to open the files I'd want to read from beforehand, instead of just passing to the next file like i would in a gallery.

This requires that I'd know which files are relevant to me before reading said files.

That said, my use case does sound unique so I'm not surprised it's hard to figure out what im looking for :)

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Replied to schnurrito with the answer. In short, i want to view files in a directory as one would view photos in a gallery, as I can't always tell beforehand which file is relevant to me and I'd like to be able to move quickly between files, instead of opening many files and then closing the irrelevant ones.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So you want a preview of the first page of each PDF as a thumbnail?

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

No, i want an easy way to navigate between unopened pdf files within the same directory