fuzzy-pdf

Fuzzy finder for a collection of pdf files. Based on bellecp/fast-p but written in Rust and with less external dependencies.

Dependencies

• libpoppler-glib for extracting the text from pdfs

Installation

If you're an Arch Linux user, then you can install fuzzy-pdf from the AUR:

$ paru -S fuzzy-pdf

Or install the precompiled version with:

$ paru -S fuzzy-pdf-bin

You can also build it from source using cargo:

$ cargo build --release --locked

Usage

fuzzy-pdf 0.3.6
MarioJim <mario.emilio.j@gmail.com>
Fuzzy finder for a collection of pdf files

USAGE:
    fuzzy-pdf [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [ARGS]

ARGS:
    <PATH>
            The path to recursively search for pdf files [default: .]
    <COMMAND>
            After selecting a file, use this option to either:
             - Pass a '-' to print the file path to stdout (pair this
            with -q option for better results)
             - Pass a string with placeholders to be executed. You can
            use {} or {f} to pass the file path, and {q} for the query
            typed into the search box. If you don't use any placeholders,
            the string will be appended with the file path and executed.

            If you don't pass this argument, the program will open the
            pdf in the system's default pdf viewer, using 'start' for
            Windows, 'open' for MacOS, and 'xdg-open' for anything else.
            [default: xdg-open]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help
            Prints help information

    -H, --hidden
            Search hidden files also

    -q, --quiet
            Omit printing error messages

    -V, --version
            Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -c, --context <context>
            Surrounding lines to show in the preview

    -m, --max-pages <max-pages>
            Only parse documents with at most this number of pages.
            Pass '0' to parse documents with any number of pages

Todo

• Implement preview using ripgrep as a library
• Implement way to inject arguments to the provided command
• Add documentation
• Add tests