Re: Small suggestion: zathura close action in l-pdfview.lua (Linux)

On 6/6/2026 9:27 AM, Eduardo Bohoyo Díaz via ntg-context wrote:
> 
> Hi Hans,
> 
> First, thank you for the SciTE + ConTeXt setup. I use it daily on Linux 
> to write books, and it works beautifully.
> 
> I would like to share one small observation about the PDF viewer methods 
> in l-pdfview.lua. On Linux, the close action for the zathura method is 
> set to `killall zathura`, while evince and mupdf use `false`. Because 
> zathura reloads the PDF automatically when the file changes (just like 
> evince and mupdf), it does not really need a close-and-reopen step. The 
> `killall` also closes every zathura window the user has open, not only 
> the document being compiled.
> 
> Would it be possible to set the zathura close call to `false`, so it 
> matches evince and mupdf? That single change would make `-- 
> autopdf=zathura` safe and comfortable on Linux.

sure, it likely dates from when mikael and I tested various pdf viewers 
(some font accuracy and cur-n-paste tests irr)

but no update today (fixing locally is fine)

Hans

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