Printing

[x61]

Does anyone use sioyek as their default pdf reader? Can you share how you print, files, if needed? I understand sioyek does not currently have the means of sending files to the printer for printing but can someone share how the navigate around the inability to print directly from sioyek?

[ahrm]

Note that you can add something like this to your prefs_user (if chrome.exe is in your path):

new_command _open_in_chrome chrome.exe "%1"

Now you can open the document in chrome (or other software that you like) by executing _open_in_chrome. You can also bind _open_in_chrome to a keybinding in keys_user.config.

[x61]

This is great. Knowing that I can directly open files in a different pdf viewer is a game changer for me. I am on a mac and unfortunately, the command did not work for me. I added the following command to my prefs_user.config file
new_command _open_in_preview Preview.app "%1". and even tried without the extension. I can see the added command, _open_in_preview when I typed : in sioyek so I do not think I need to "source" or do anything other thank quick and restart sioyek, but it is not opening the file. Any recommendations for macos users?

[ahrm]

I don't use mac so I am not sure, but maybe something like this works?

new_command _open_in_preview open Preview.app "%1"

[x61]

Thank you. I tried the command you suggested but still there no success, but I did have the following printed on the terminal:
Warning: invalid command (key:); resetting to root The files /Users/mac/Downloads/Preview and /Users/mac/Downloads/"/Users/mac/Downloads/test.pdf" do not exist.

[x61]

In case someone else is interested, here is the solution that worked for me:
new_command _open_in_preview open -a Preview %1. Thanks @ahrm

[uncomfyhalomacro]

For me, it's better to use lp command if you are fluent with CUPS

[x61]

I liked the idea of opening the doc in a different pdf reader because I sometimes need to sign the file. I am not sure if we can sign documents directly within Sioyek at this time (maybe never).

[bestdax]

After using sioyek as the default pdf viewer, the printing function haunts from time to time.

Thanks for the above discussions, here are my worked solutions after several tries(I'm on macOS):

1. new_command doesn't work
2. open in Preview

# in prefs_user
execute_command_v open -a Preview %1  #don't put quotes around %1
# in keys_user
execute_command_v <C-v>

3. print file with lp command

# in prefs_user
execute_command_p /usr/bin/lp -o sides=one-sided -o media=a4 %1
# in keys_user
execute_command_p <C-p>

[duguyipiao]

If anyone is interested, the utility gtk-print can provide a quite native experience under linux.

For the development version, the following config works for me:

# in prefs_user.config
new_command _print gtk-print %1
# in keys_user.config
_print <C-p>

For the stable version, use execute_command instead.