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I really dont understand why I should open a new browser instance (Electron) to view one pdf when I could just open it in my browser..

• rrosen326 8y ago
  This particular solution may not be solving the problem I need, but I'd love to see a really good version of PDF.js running in electron for existing electron apps. Use case: You're building an electron app. It needs to view pdfs. Right now, you need to implement pdf.js yourself. It's non trivial. And the more full-featured you want it, the harder it is. And that's only half the issue. What if you want a cross-platform way to create a thumbnail of a pdf? Ugg, don't let me get started on ghostscript...
  • mschuster91 8y ago
    > What if you want a cross-platform way to create a thumbnail of a pdf? Ugg, don't let me get started on ghostscript... Embed statically linked versions of imagick in your program or download them upon first load/setup.
    • chatmasta 8y ago
      Someone who knows how to do that probably isn’t programming in electron.
    • rrosen326 8y ago
      ImageMagick requires Ghostscript to handle pdfs. So you need both. Except on OSX, where you can use SIPS. But on Windows, you're stuck with IM/GS.