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This script is for viewing files that are to be opened with [https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/ zathura].

What's nice about this is that it puts everything into a [https://tools.suckless.org/tabbed/ tabbed] interface for you and auto-maximizes the window.

These scripts are designed to work with visual selections as well, so you can open up as many documents as you wish all at once.

== Source Code ==

<source lang="bash">
#!/bin/bash

# This script is for launching zathura in a tabbed enviornment,
# and placing every subsequent instance of zathura in that enviornment.
# It also maximizes the window according to the height of your bottom panel

xid_file="$HOME/.config/zathura/xid"

# Open tabbed if necessary
if ! ps -e | grep 'zathura$'; then
num_wins=$(wmctrl -l | wc -l)
tabbed -cd -p -1 zathura "$1" -e 1>$xid_file &
while [ $num_wins -eq $(wmctrl -l | wc -l) ]; do
sleep 0.0001
done
wmctrl -ir $(wmctrl -l | sed -ne '$p' | cut -d " " -f 1) -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
shift
fi

# Open the rest of the files into tabbed
if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
read xid < $xid_file
zathura -e $xid "$@" &
fi

</source>

The script uses:

# [https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/ zathura] as the document viewer.
# [https://tools.suckless.org/tabbed/ tabbed] for your tabbed interface. Every subsequent file will be loaded as a new tab.
# [http://tripie.sweb.cz/utils/wmctrl/ wmctrl] for auto-maximizing the window.
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed sed], works with all versions.
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_(Unix) cut], works with all versions.
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wc_(Unix) wc], works with all versions.
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps_(Unix) ps], should work with all versions.

The last four are for detecting a new process and processing it to be fed into wmctrl. They should come with every Unix-like operating system.

== Installation ==

Copy the above code into a <code>zathura.sh</code> script (or whatever you want) in either a <code>$PATH</code> directory or in your <code>$VIFM/scripts</code> directory.
Then go into your vifm rc file and assign the file type:
<source>
filextype *.pdf,*.djvu,*.epub zathura.sh %f &
</source>

== For Other Kinds of Documents ==

For other kinds of documents, you can convert them to a pdf using [https://github.com/unoconv/unoconv unoconv].
Paste this code into a shell script called <code>zadocx.sh</code>
<source lang="bash">
#!/bin/bash

while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
pdf_name=$(basename -s .docx "$1").pdf
unoconv "$1"
rm "$1"
zathura.sh "$pdf_name"
shift
done
</source>

Then assign the file type in your rc file in the same manner as the last one.

@@ Line 50: / Line 50: @@
 # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wc_(Unix) wc], works with all versions. Needed for focusing window. (OPTIONAL)
-There is only one option in this script: <syntaxhighlight>focus</syntaxhighlight>, which will manage the zathura window to pop up whenever it is opened.
+There is only one option in this script: <pre>focus</pre>, which will manage the zathura window to pop up whenever it is opened.
 == Installation ==
@@ Line 56: / Line 56: @@
 Copy the above code into a <code>zathura.sh</code> script (or whatever you want) in either a <code>$PATH</code> directory or in your <code>$VIFM/scripts</code> directory.
 Then go into your vifm rc file and assign the file type:
-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="vim">
 filextype *.pdf,*.djvu,*.epub zathura.sh %f &
 </syntaxhighlight>

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 == Source Code ==
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 #!/bin/bash
@@ Line 40: / Line 40: @@
      fi
 fi
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 The script uses:
@@ Line 50: / Line 50: @@
 # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wc_(Unix) wc], works with all versions. Needed for focusing window. (OPTIONAL)
-There is only one option in this script: <source>focus</source>, which will manage the zathura window to pop up whenever it is opened.
+There is only one option in this script: <syntaxhighlight>focus</syntaxhighlight>, which will manage the zathura window to pop up whenever it is opened.
 == Installation ==
@@ Line 56: / Line 56: @@
 Copy the above code into a <code>zathura.sh</code> script (or whatever you want) in either a <code>$PATH</code> directory or in your <code>$VIFM/scripts</code> directory.
 Then go into your vifm rc file and assign the file type:
-<source>
+<syntaxhighlight>
 filextype *.pdf,*.djvu,*.epub zathura.sh %f &
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 == For Other Kinds of Documents ==
@@ Line 65: / Line 65: @@
 Paste this code into a shell script called <code>zadocx.sh</code> for viewing files of the <code>.docx</code> format.
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 #!/bin/bash
@@ Line 75: / Line 75: @@
      shift
 done
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 {{NOTE|text=This script will '''delete''' your docx file, so you may want to back it up or remove the 'rm' line}}
 Then assign the file type in your rc file in the same manner as the last one.

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
      tabbed -cd -p -1 zathura "$1" -e 1>$xid_file &
      if [ $focus ]; then
 	while [ $num_wins -eq $(wmctrl -l | wc -l) ]; do
 	    sleep 0.0001
 	done
 	wmctrl -ir $xid -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
      fi

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 # This script is for launching zathura in a tabbed enviornment,
 # and placing every subsequent instance of zathura in that enviornment.
 xid_file="$HOME/.config/zathura/xid"
 # Open tabbed if necessary
 if ! ps -e | grep 'zathura$'; then
-     num_wins=$(wmctrl -l | wc -l)
+     [ $focus ] && num_wins=$(wmctrl -l | wc -l)
      tabbed -cd -p -1 zathura "$1" -e 1>$xid_file &
-     while [ $num_wins -eq $(wmctrl -l | wc -l) ]; do
+     if [ $focus ]; then
-	sleep 0.0001
+	read xid < $xid_file
-    done
+	while [ $num_wins -eq $(wmctrl -l | wc -l) ]; do
-    wmctrl -ir $(wmctrl -l | sed -ne '$p' | cut -d " " -f 1) -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
+	    sleep 0.0001
      shift
 fi
@@ Line 31: / Line 35: @@
      read xid < $xid_file
      zathura -e $xid "$@" &
 fi
 </source>
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 # [https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/ zathura] as the document viewer.
 # [https://tools.suckless.org/tabbed/ tabbed] for your tabbed interface. Every subsequent file will be loaded as a new tab.
 # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps_(Unix) ps], should work with all versions.
-The last four are for detecting a new process and processing it to be fed into wmctrl. They should come with every Unix-like operating system.
+There is only one option in this script: <source>focus</source>, which will manage the zathura window to pop up whenever it is opened.
 == Installation ==