ianjcv / basicpdfreader

A tiny, borderless PDF reader.

BasicPDFReader

I was tired of other PDF readers being clunky and way too big for just displaying a book.

Installation:

• Download the latest zip from Releases
• Unpack into a folder
• Launch PDFReader.exe

Right click and drag on the directories to move.

Middle click and drag on the directories to resize.

Right click on the directory tree for options.

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Hotkeys

• F5 to refresh the current directory
• O to open
• T for Always on Top

Put any suggestions in issues.

KNOWN ISSUES / TROUBLESHOOTING

• Dragging and resizing doesn't work on the PDF view, currently you can manipulate the window only using the directory view.
• Resizing is clunky.
• If you get an error while loading the directory, or any permission issues, reset the directory path or delete the file in "%appdata%/JCVPDF Reader", or run this command:

del "%appdata%\JCVPDF Reader\folders.txt"

TODO

• CLEAN THE CODE!
• Figure out an installer and discarding/packing all the unnecessary DLLs. If you know how to do this, please put it in suggestions!
• Tabs
• Better memory management
• More file directories, maybe directory bookmarks
• Better menus

MAYBE

• Rewrite the thing in C++ WPF