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Make VIM as a PDF reader

vim-pdf

demo

vim-pdf helps VIM to read PDF files in text format using pdftotext utility.

Prerequisite

  • poppler
sudo apt install poppler-utils
sudo apt install libpoppler-cpp-dev
  • pdftotext

pip install pdftotext 

Installation

it's recommended that you use a plugin manager like vim-plug

vim-plug

Plug 'makerj/vim-pdf'

Vundle

Plugin 'makerj/vim-pdf'

Usage

Just open the PDF file. The rest is done by vim-plug.