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-## PDF.js using SVG
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-This is a project for implementing alternate backend for PDF.js using Scalable Vector Graphics. This is still a WIP.
-Take a look at [proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k4nPx1RrHbxXi94kSdvW5ay8KMkjwLmBEiCNupyzlwk/pub) for this project.
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-## Getting started
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-Take a look at src/display/svg.js to see the SVG rendering code.
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-/* Copyright 2014 Mozilla Foundation
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
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-"use strict";
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-if (!pdfjsLib.getDocument || !pdfjsViewer.PDFViewer) {
- // eslint-disable-next-line no-alert
- alert("Please build the pdfjs-dist library using\n `gulp dist-install`");
-}
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-// The workerSrc property shall be specified.
-//
-pdfjsLib.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerSrc =
- "../../node_modules/pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.js";
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-// Some PDFs need external cmaps.
-//
-const CMAP_URL = "../../node_modules/pdfjs-dist/cmaps/";
-const CMAP_PACKED = true;
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-const DEFAULT_URL = "../../web/compressed.tracemonkey-pldi-09.pdf";
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-const container = document.getElementById("viewerContainer");
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-const eventBus = new pdfjsViewer.EventBus();
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-// (Optionally) enable hyperlinks within PDF files.
-const pdfLinkService = new pdfjsViewer.PDFLinkService({
- eventBus,
-});
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-const pdfViewer = new pdfjsViewer.PDFViewer({
- container,
- eventBus,
- linkService: pdfLinkService,
- renderer: "svg",
- textLayerMode: 0,
-});
-pdfLinkService.setViewer(pdfViewer);
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-eventBus.on("pagesinit", function () {
- // We can use pdfViewer now, e.g. let's change default scale.
- pdfViewer.currentScaleValue = "page-width";
-});
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-// Loading document.
-const loadingTask = pdfjsLib.getDocument({
- url: DEFAULT_URL,
- cMapUrl: CMAP_URL,
- cMapPacked: CMAP_PACKED,
-});
-loadingTask.promise.then(function (pdfDocument) {
- // Document loaded, specifying document for the viewer and
- // the (optional) linkService.
- pdfViewer.setDocument(pdfDocument);
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- pdfLinkService.setDocument(pdfDocument, null);
-});