Zathura

A zathura.md file is like commentary on the source code of the program, or more precisely the associated git repository. You should similarly have an inkscape.md and a firefox.md just like you have a terrestrial-drive-alignment.md. These can be a whole “part” of your Jupyter book.

Configuration

Based on zathura, as part of machine setup you should run:

xdg-mime default org.pwmt.zathura.desktop application/pdf

Then you can use xdg-open to open a PDF from the command line, and if you click on a PDF in a file browser it will open in zathura.

Prefer bookmarks to quickmarks

Only because they persist through restarts. See:

• Can I retain quickmarks (not bookmarks) in Zathura after closing?

• How to get list of all bookmarks in Zathura (or bl for short)

• Where does Zathura store bookmarks in Linux?

Export pages to SVG

To import a particular page of a PDF into SVG, take the page number from the top of your zathura instance (e.g. 225/339). The page number that zathura displays when you have dual pages up is the page number of the page in middle (strangely) of your screen, on the left. Then run something along the lines of:

$ fzf
gitlab/applied-category-theory/seven-sketches/7Sketches.pdf
$ pdfjam gitlab/applied-category-theory/seven-sketches/7Sketches.pdf 223-228 -o /tmp/out.pdf
$ inkscape /tmp/out.pdf

See also split - How can I extract a page range / a part of a PDF? - Ask Ubuntu. An alternative is to use “PDF arranger” to get the pages you need, then convert the entirety of the new file to SVG.

Recent files

The list of recent files in zathura is based on your current directory (where you ran zathura &).