yeda-reader

Part of yeda, and not meant to be used on its own: install yeda with cargo install yeda, which runs this reader as yeda read.

A desktop PDF reader and annotator with vim keys, built on Tauri v2 and a fork of zotero/reader. The fork is a submodule at reader/.

yeda-reader <file.pdf> [--annotations <dir>] [--page N]

Annotations are stored in <dir>/annotations.toml, merged by id. Image and ink annotations also get a PNG in <dir>/img/. Without --annotations, the folder is <file.pdf>.annotations/. yeda-tui passes the PDF's annotations/<citekey>/<pdf id> of the library.

Building

cargo run -p yeda-reader -- <file.pdf>

The build runs npm to build the web frontend, so it needs Node.js. yeda links this crate: yeda read is the same reader, and its keys are listed in yeda's :help. It also holds the browser window behind yeda's :fetch.