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| malc_ | sebras, ator: was just watching level1techs episode and they said that swedish chef in .se version of the muppets was danish... true? | 11:45.16 |
| camtomeron | Hi all! i m new to irc but an old coder | 12:26.18 |
| | got a q or 2 related to mupdf | 12:26.37 |
| | if i stumble on etiquette, pls let me know | 12:27.21 |
| | i work for an automotive mfgr. developing a lot of shop floor assistance but one is a series of document display PCs, showing process documents at multiple stations on the line | 12:28.47 |
| | adobe is killing me, literally. memory use keeps multiplying until app crashes | 12:29.37 |
| | so I searched and found MuPDF. looks like the cat's meow. I don't have to reinvent the wheel | 12:30.11 |
| | so, question, is there a dll available I can dev against? | 12:31.37 |
| | or do i need to run the app from process? | 12:32.04 |
| | only displaying pdf documents | 12:32.16 |
| | never edit, annotate or anything special | 12:32.32 |
| | will need to be able to display multiple docs, like an alert or deviation but still only display | 12:33.25 |
| | any thots? | 12:33.34 |
| ator | camtomeron: the linux/windows viewers aren't really written to be embedded components, they're fairly simple standalone applications | 12:34.20 |
| | but you can do anything you want with the core library, if you just want to display a page you can use the mupdf library to load and render pages to images pretty easily | 12:34.50 |
| | you should also be aware of licensing before you invest too much time. the AGPL is pretty restrictive, but we do have commercial licensing options if you can't or don't want to abide by the open source license. | 12:35.51 |
| camtomeron | yes, pretty straightforward on that | 12:36.04 |
| | licensing seems ok, will never display outside of walls or application. No use case outside of restrictions as I read | 12:37.06 |
| ator | camtomeron: we also have java solutions (for android and linux, windows java should work but is not as well tested) | 12:37.08 |
| camtomeron | for sure I am only beginning exploration, so ur advice is welcome | 12:38.27 |
| malc_ | camtomeron: considered pdf.js as an alternative to adobe applications? | 12:41.47 |
| camtomeron | malc_: no, i admit I have not. | 12:43.06 |
| malc_ | camtomeron: try it, it might solve your woes, what os are you on? | 12:43.42 |
| camtomeron | ator: ok, thank you. will consult with hq on licensing and inquire as to commercial options. I appreciate ur advice | 12:43.54 |
| | malc_: i am on windows OS | 12:44.06 |
| malc_ | camtomeron: okay, i sadly know nothing about that | 12:44.31 |
| camtomeron | mostly MS shop but Java is not unknown | 12:44.56 |
| | malc_: thanks for ur input, will look into it. | 12:45.46 |
| malc_ | camtomeron: i thought windows 7 and higher comes with bundled PDF reader | 12:45.56 |
| | but that's the last windows i have seen in person and it was ~5 years ago.. | 12:46.36 |
| | but it definitely had one | 12:46.45 |
| camtomeron | malc_: yes, for sure has one. MS stuff is generally rigid and stupidly integrated. is browser based and this is a client app, so less than ideal, but an option for sure | 12:49.32 |
| malc_ | camtomeron: gotcha.. | 12:50.22 |
| malc_ | needs to port llpp to windows some day... then again... screw it, life's too short | 12:50.51 |
| camtomeron | LOL | 12:51.23 |
| | thanks all! | 12:53.57 |
| malc_ | ator, sebras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHt01D6rOLI | 18:23.56 |
| Robin_Watts | malc: haha. | 22:56.58 |
| | I rewatched American Psycho a couple of weeks ago. That's a very clever clip. | 22:57.22 |
| malc_ | Robin_Watts: yeah :) and the keys (esp hhkb which is claimed to have mx greens in the clip)... very up tor and sebastians valley | 23:28.27 |
| | then there's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWc8V-iKJ7s | 23:28.47 |
| Robin_Watts | is currently tempted by a kinesis freestyle edge rgb with the tenting kit and brown keys. | 23:36.37 |
| malc_ | my selent reds leopold is on order, should arrive soon(ish) | 23:40.11 |
| | but tor and sebras did their dirty job... turned another man.. | 23:41.04 |
| | topre is seductive | 23:41.10 |
| Robin_Watts | ergonomic is a deal breaker for me. | 23:42.22 |
| malc_ | onset of RSI? | 23:43.28 |
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