Emacs as my default pdf viewer
Emacs
Linux
In the last week, I've switched over to using emacs for pdf viewing (reading) via doc-view because I noticed "C-v" and "M-v" did not do what I want in Document Viewer aka Evince ;). At least with OpenOffice, I could remap the navigation keys; not so with Evince. I usually open the pdf files in emacs via dired, but I'm loving it so much that I want it to be the default viewer on my system, i.e., double clicking files in Nautilus. I created the following bash script and set it as the default pdf viewer on my Ubuntu machine.
#! /bin/bash
nohup emacs -q --no-site-file --eval "(set-scroll-bar-mode 'right)" --eval "(set-background-color \"black\")" --eval "(x-send-client-message nil 0 nil \"_NET_WM_STATE\" 32 '(2 \"_NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_HORZ\" 0))" --eval "(x-send-client-message nil 0 nil \"_NET_WM_STATE\" 32 '(2 \"_NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT\" 0))" --eval "(tool-bar-mode -1)" --eval "(setq doc-view-resolution 160)" --eval "(require 'doc-view)" --eval "(define-key doc-view-mode-map (kbd \"C-v\") 'doc-view-scroll-up-or-next-page)" --eval "(define-key doc-view-mode-map (kbd \"M-v\") 'doc-view-scroll-down-or-previous-page)" --eval "(setq doc-view-continuous t)" "$@" 1> /dev/null 2>&1 &
Feel free to modify my custom settings in the script.
When I give talks using pdf slides, I just have to open the files manually in Evince or Acroread.