From 523fde764b4330ca204aafa59706f3327c786536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim van der Meij Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 21:19:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md with shorter clone command and improved instruction order --- README.md | 21 +++++++++++++-------- docs/contents/getting_started/index.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 379ae8cf2..adcbd1d44 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -51,21 +51,26 @@ The version of the extension for the Opera browser can be found at the [Opera ad To get a local copy of the current code, clone it using git: - $ git clone git://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js.git pdfjs - $ cd pdfjs + $ git clone git://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js.git + $ cd pdf.js -Next, you need to start a local web server as some browsers don't allow opening -PDF files for a file:// url: +Next, install Node.js via the [official package](http://nodejs.org) or via +[nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm). If everything worked out, run + + $ npm install + +to install all dependencies for PDF.js. + +Finally you need to start a local web server as some browsers do not allow opening +PDF files using a file:// URL. Run $ node make server -You can install Node via [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm) or the -[official package](http://nodejs.org). If everything worked out, you can now -serve +and then you can open + http://localhost:8888/web/viewer.html -You can also view all the test pdf files on the right side serving +It is also possible to view all test PDF files on the right side by opening + http://localhost:8888/test/pdfs/?frame diff --git a/docs/contents/getting_started/index.md b/docs/contents/getting_started/index.md index 27653c160..6ba9f36e2 100644 --- a/docs/contents/getting_started/index.md +++ b/docs/contents/getting_started/index.md @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ Before downloading PDF.js please take a moment to understand the different layer

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To get a local copy of the current code, clone it using git: -
$ git clone git://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js.git pdfjs
-$ cd pdfjs
+    
$ git clone git://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js.git
+$ cd pdf.js