Sioyek
Learning and science
pdf reader for research papers
SHOW HN2022
238points
81comments
#207of 2,570 in 2022
Top 9%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 2 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Preview of references, figures and equations without jumping to them is valuable
From 3 comments
The preview feature, in particular, is exceptionally important. I cannot overstate what a difference it makes when reading deeply cross-referenced material.
ykonstant on HNI haven't tried this yet, but the idea that I can click on a reference and have a window pop up to show me the equation/figure/table without actually taking me there is awesome.…
Eddy_Viscosity2 on HNWhat I like most about this is the the idea of clicking a reference to display a floating preview of the concerning paper information, figure or table. That seems like a really…
chrisma0 on HN
Polished design and useful features like marks and vim bindings
From 3 comments
I have been using this as the PDF viewer on Windows for few months now, and like it. Thanks for creating this. I like the fast bookmark lookup (t+start typing), vim like…
karthickgururaj on HNThis looks great. It was obviously created by someone who reads technical papers, and figured out how to make the process more convenient. Going to install as soon as I finish…
leephillips on HNThis PDF reader look beautifully done. It will undoubtedly make reading papers more convenient. I have a trackpad with two buttons. How to I make a middle click? I’m sure the…
leephillips on HN
Objections
Middle-click instruction is unclear to some readers
From 2 comments
From a world-class research university, I hold a Ph.D. in math and am pretty good with D. Knuth's math word processing software TeX. I don't like trying to read PDF files of math…
graycat on HNSo, you did a search at some of the search engines and found some explanations for the computer jargon "middle click". Here is a point: Before doing such search, can't be sure…
graycat on HN
Video text is too small to read
From 1 comment
From a world-class research university, I hold a Ph.D. in math and am pretty good with D. Knuth's math word processing software TeX. I don't like trying to read PDF files of math…
graycat on HN
Build on Linux required extra packages and failed initially
From 1 comment
Installed using the zip file, and it works great. Fantastic job! But I thought you’d like to know that I couldn’t get it to compile on a Debian system. I followed your…
leephillips on HN
Requests
Single column or reflow mode for documents
From 1 comment
It would be great to reflow the document in single column mode, not to scroll back from the bottom of the left one to the top of the right one. Actually, if these document are…
pmontra on HN
Touch support
From 1 comment
This looks really neat. I hope to make use of it. I noticed a minor error in the tutorial under Basics: "scrolling down half of screen width" should be something like "scrolling…
mkl on HN
Show notes alongside highlights
From 1 comment
What about notes? Is there a way to add notes to highlights? It would be nice if they are also displayed on the side.
zzhelezc on HN
Automatic BibTeX entry lookup
From 1 comment
It'd be nice if it would automagically find the PDF's BibTex corresponding entry...
wiz21c on HN
Questions
Does it work on Linux?
From 2 comments
Does this work on Linux?
ahmadrosid on HNIt does
qumpis on HN
What advantage over Sumatra?
From 1 comment
What would be the benefit of using this compared to something like Sumatra?
Arrezz on HN
Alternatives named
Zotero
From 2 comments
The only thing missing is full-fledged Zotero, or something as good!
dantondwa on HNAre the notes and highlights stored in the PDF? Asking because I use Zotero in several machines and I need annotations and highlights to be synchronized without much hassle.…
maxmalkav on HN
Sumatra PDF
From 2 comments
What would be the benefit of using this compared to something like Sumatra?
Arrezz on HNI used to use sumatra myself, in fact before I started developing sioyek, I tried to add some of the features to sumatra here:…
hexomancer on HN
Skim
From 1 comment
Skim.app also does this
pluskid on HN
LiquidText
From 1 comment
For research work I prefer LiquidText on a 12.9” iPad with an Apple pencil. It’s critical for me to make notes and annotations. It’s crazy how far pen computing has come. I was…
wirthjason on HN