Remember PDF positions across sessions #18

oscarfv · Dec 5, 2014

For using pdf-tools as a book reader it would be useful to remember the visited files and the position, zoom level...

Just use bookmark.el for that, maybe with a dedicated file for PDF
documents. What we could do, is store display attributes like
image-size, slice and image-origin in a bookmark. Which I just did.

politza · Dec 6, 2014

Just use bookmark.el for that, maybe with a dedicated file for PDF
documents. What we could do, is store display attributes like
image-size, slice and image-origin in a bookmark. Which I just did.

Thank you.

It would be useful to automatically set a bookmark when the PDF buffer is killed. I can solve this locally with kill-buffer-hook, which is more convenient for my use case, because I don't want to set those bookmarks for certain PDFs (ephemeral ones.)

Thanks again.

oscarfv · Dec 6, 2014

Thank you.

It would be useful to automatically set a bookmark when the PDF buffer is killed. I can solve this locally with kill-buffer-hook, which is more convenient for my use case, because I don't want to set those bookmarks for certain PDFs (ephemeral ones.)

Thanks again.

@oscarfv

@oscarfv could you share your solution? I would really like to save the position in the PDF I am reading.

manuel-uberti · May 13, 2015

@oscarfv could you share your solution? I would really like to save the position in the PDF I am reading.

Just a related note: there is org-pdfview package. It also may be used to save a page.

alezost · May 13, 2015

Just a related note: there is org-pdfview package. It also may be used to save a page.

I second this suggestion, remembering the last page would be tremendously useful.

I mean, transparently, without bookmarking or doing something manually, although I'll try something like bookmarking with a hook for now.

Andre0991 · Jan 9, 2016

I second this suggestion, remembering the last page would be tremendously useful.

I mean, transparently, without bookmarking or doing something manually, although I'll try something like bookmarking with a hook for now.

Well, I tried this:

;; TODO: save bookmarks in separate file
(defun andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf ()
    (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
      (bookmark-set (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer))))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--jump-to-last-page-viewed-in-last-session ()
  (when (andre//pdf-tools--buffer-has-bookmark-from-previous-session)
    (bookmark-jump (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer))))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--buffer-has-bookmark-from-previous-session ()
  (assoc (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer) bookmark-alist))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer ()
  (concat "PDF: "(buffer-file-name)))

;; using this spacemacs' function, but it's the same thing except that it takes a list of funtions
(spacemacs/add-to-hook 'kill-buffer-hook '(spacemacs//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf))
(spacemacs/add-to-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook '(spacemacs//pdf-tools--jump-to-last-page-viewed-in-last-session))

But it's always saving a bookmark on the first page. I wonder if it has to do with the hook. Maybe when it runs the position on the buffer is lost, I don't know (I don't know much elisp, still learning).

Anyone?

Edit: Actually, I suspect that it always sets the bookmark to the first page when it is not called interactively.
Edit: No, it doesn't have to do with this.

Andre0991 · Jan 9, 2016

Well, I tried this:

;; TODO: save bookmarks in separate file
(defun andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf ()
    (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
      (bookmark-set (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer))))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--jump-to-last-page-viewed-in-last-session ()
  (when (andre//pdf-tools--buffer-has-bookmark-from-previous-session)
    (bookmark-jump (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer))))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--buffer-has-bookmark-from-previous-session ()
  (assoc (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer) bookmark-alist))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer ()
  (concat "PDF: "(buffer-file-name)))

;; using this spacemacs' function, but it's the same thing except that it takes a list of funtions
(spacemacs/add-to-hook 'kill-buffer-hook '(spacemacs//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf))
(spacemacs/add-to-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook '(spacemacs//pdf-tools--jump-to-last-page-viewed-in-last-session))

But it's always saving a bookmark on the first page. I wonder if it has to do with the hook. Maybe when it runs the position on the buffer is lost, I don't know (I don't know much elisp, still learning).

Anyone?

Edit: Actually, I suspect that it always sets the bookmark to the first page when it is not called interactively.
Edit: No, it doesn't have to do with this.

OK, this is rather ugly, but it works:

;; --- Save last page viewed in pdf-view-mode ---
;; Ideally we would set this as hook instead of an advice.
;; However, for some reason, if this is done, it sets the bookmark to the first page of the PDF.
;; TODO: Save those bookmarks in another file; don't show them on the list of bookmarks.

(defun andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer ()
  (concat "PDF: " (buffer-file-name)))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf (&optional arg1)
  (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
    (bookmark-set (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer))))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--jump-to-last-page-viewed-in-last-session ()
  (bookmark-maybe-load-default-file)
  (condition-case err
      (bookmark-jump (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer))
    (error
     (princ (format "Unable to get to last bookmark. Error: %s" err)))))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmarks-before-quitting-emacs (&optional arg1)
  (cl-loop for buffer in (buffer-list) do
           (with-current-buffer buffer
               (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
                 (andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf)))))

(add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'spacemacs//pdf-tools--jump-to-last-page-viewed-in-last-session)
(advice-add 'kill-buffer :before 'andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf)
(advice-add 'kill-emacs :before 'andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmarks-before-quitting-emacs)
;; --- End save last page viewed in pdf-view-mode ---

Edit: Oh, actually this doesn't work properly across Emacs sessions (sometimes it does). I give up for now, haha.

Edit 2: OK, I got it. It doesn't work across emacs sessions because of #111.

Andre0991 · Jan 10, 2016

OK, this is rather ugly, but it works:

;; --- Save last page viewed in pdf-view-mode ---
;; Ideally we would set this as hook instead of an advice.
;; However, for some reason, if this is done, it sets the bookmark to the first page of the PDF.
;; TODO: Save those bookmarks in another file; don't show them on the list of bookmarks.

(defun andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer ()
  (concat "PDF: " (buffer-file-name)))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf (&optional arg1)
  (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
    (bookmark-set (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer))))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--jump-to-last-page-viewed-in-last-session ()
  (bookmark-maybe-load-default-file)
  (condition-case err
      (bookmark-jump (andre//pdf-tools--generate-bookmark-name-for-this-buffer))
    (error
     (princ (format "Unable to get to last bookmark. Error: %s" err)))))

(defun andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmarks-before-quitting-emacs (&optional arg1)
  (cl-loop for buffer in (buffer-list) do
           (with-current-buffer buffer
               (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
                 (andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf)))))

(add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'spacemacs//pdf-tools--jump-to-last-page-viewed-in-last-session)
(advice-add 'kill-buffer :before 'andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmark-pdf)
(advice-add 'kill-emacs :before 'andre//pdf-tools--set-bookmarks-before-quitting-emacs)
;; --- End save last page viewed in pdf-view-mode ---

Edit: Oh, actually this doesn't work properly across Emacs sessions (sometimes it does). I give up for now, haha.

Edit 2: OK, I got it. It doesn't work across emacs sessions because of #111.

Can confirm Andre0991's works for me, on vanilla emacs (debian).

Edit 1: nope, never mind -- I do see similar erroneous behavior to what Andre was seeing.

boyanpenkov · Aug 4, 2016

Can confirm Andre0991's works for me, on vanilla emacs (debian).

Edit 1: nope, never mind -- I do see similar erroneous behavior to what Andre was seeing.

Andre's first solution seems to work/should work, that is after correcting the function names added to the hooks.

politza · Dec 28, 2016

Andre's first solution seems to work/should work, that is after correcting the function names added to the hooks.

What function names need to be changed?

boyanpenkov · Feb 7, 2017

What function names need to be changed?

The functions being added to the hooks just weren't consistent with those defined earlier in the snippet.

    ;; workaround for pdf-tools not reopening to last-viewed page of the pdf:
    ;; https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/issues/18
    ;; TODO: save bookmarks in separate file

    (defun brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
        (bookmark-set (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (when
          (brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark)
        (bookmark-jump (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (assoc
       (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name) bookmark-alist))

    (defun brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name ()
      (concat "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: " (buffer-file-name)))

    (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark)

braham-snyder · Feb 7, 2017

The functions being added to the hooks just weren't consistent with those defined earlier in the snippet.

    ;; workaround for pdf-tools not reopening to last-viewed page of the pdf:
    ;; https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/issues/18
    ;; TODO: save bookmarks in separate file

    (defun brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
        (bookmark-set (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (when
          (brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark)
        (bookmark-jump (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (assoc
       (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name) bookmark-alist))

    (defun brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name ()
      (concat "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: " (buffer-file-name)))

    (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark)

Am I missing something here? This does not touch my ~/.emacs.d/bookmarks after a few restarts -- while the same files under doc-view-mode work well.

boyanpenkov · Feb 7, 2017

Am I missing something here? This does not touch my ~/.emacs.d/bookmarks after a few restarts -- while the same files under doc-view-mode work well.

My bad--I hadn't tested the kill-emacs-hook bit well enough (I thought I had a weird persp-mode-related bug causing bookmark issues).

No one has mentioned save-place-mode? I've only looked at it briefly, but, e.g., it correctly handles the kill-emacs-hook case (see save-places-to-alist)--perhaps it just needs to be slightly modified to work with pdf-view buffers? At the least, it seems like the perfect reference for this issue. Unfortunately, I can't work on this in the near future.

braham-snyder · Feb 8, 2017

My bad--I hadn't tested the kill-emacs-hook bit well enough (I thought I had a weird persp-mode-related bug causing bookmark issues).

No one has mentioned save-place-mode? I've only looked at it briefly, but, e.g., it correctly handles the kill-emacs-hook case (see save-places-to-alist)--perhaps it just needs to be slightly modified to work with pdf-view buffers? At the least, it seems like the perfect reference for this issue. Unfortunately, I can't work on this in the near future.

Same-pace does sound good -- I had played with this before, but suspect that the failure mode here is that the pdf-view regnerates the file every time emacs opens.

FWIW, my short-term solution is to take PDFs I want to save and open then in doc-view (which converts each to a series of png's), on which save-place and the like work well. However, this is clearly a bad hack.

boyanpenkov · Feb 8, 2017

Same-pace does sound good -- I had played with this before, but suspect that the failure mode here is that the pdf-view regnerates the file every time emacs opens.

FWIW, my short-term solution is to take PDFs I want to save and open then in doc-view (which converts each to a series of png's), on which save-place and the like work well. However, this is clearly a bad hack.

I also think this belongs into save-place. It has already special code for hexl and dired mode, but I wasn't aware that it works for doc-view buffers as well.

politza · Feb 8, 2017

I also think this belongs into save-place. It has already special code for hexl and dired mode, but I wasn't aware that it works for doc-view buffers as well.

On a technical note, I'm not claiming that save-place has special code -- I do observe that my combination of save-place and bookmarks works for doc-view (but not pdf-view).

And I'm certainly under-educated here, so someone who knows should speak up.

boyanpenkov · Feb 8, 2017

On a technical note, I'm not claiming that save-place has special code -- I do observe that my combination of save-place and bookmarks works for doc-view (but not pdf-view).

And I'm certainly under-educated here, so someone who knows should speak up.

@boyanpenkov

The kill-emacs-hook bit finally bothered me enough to attempt to fix it--surprisingly, this has worked perfectly for me the last few days (only changes are the last defun and add-hook calls):

    ;; workaround for pdf-tools not reopening to last-viewed page of the pdf:
    ;; https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/issues/18#issuecomment-269515117
    (defun brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (interactive)
      (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
        (bookmark-set (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (when
          (brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark)
        (bookmark-jump (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (assoc
       (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name) bookmark-alist))

    (defun brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name ()
      (concat "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: " (buffer-file-name)))

    (defun brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks ()
      (dolist (buf (buffer-list))
        (with-current-buffer buf
            (brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark))))

    (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (unless noninteractive  ; as `save-place-mode' does
      (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks))

@boyanpenkov was something similar to this broken for you?

Tangentially, as noted in #199, my place is still occasionally lost intra-session (though that can be worked-around with a call to pdf-history-backward).

edit: Oh, this is barely different from the version in andre's second post--were you guys encountering something other than #199? I think that's the only related issue I'm still seeing.

braham-snyder · Mar 22, 2017

The kill-emacs-hook bit finally bothered me enough to attempt to fix it--surprisingly, this has worked perfectly for me the last few days (only changes are the last defun and add-hook calls):

    ;; workaround for pdf-tools not reopening to last-viewed page of the pdf:
    ;; https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/issues/18#issuecomment-269515117
    (defun brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (interactive)
      (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
        (bookmark-set (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (when
          (brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark)
        (bookmark-jump (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (assoc
       (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name) bookmark-alist))

    (defun brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name ()
      (concat "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: " (buffer-file-name)))

    (defun brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks ()
      (dolist (buf (buffer-list))
        (with-current-buffer buf
            (brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark))))

    (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (unless noninteractive  ; as `save-place-mode' does
      (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks))

@boyanpenkov was something similar to this broken for you?

Tangentially, as noted in #199, my place is still occasionally lost intra-session (though that can be worked-around with a call to pdf-history-backward).

edit: Oh, this is barely different from the version in andre's second post--were you guys encountering something other than #199? I think that's the only related issue I'm still seeing.

After incorporating the change and restarting emacs a few times, no dice, I'm afraid....

boyanpenkov · Mar 23, 2017

After incorporating the change and restarting emacs a few times, no dice, I'm afraid....

After restarting emacs, brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark returned nil unless I initialized the bookmark system so I put in (bokmark-set "fake"). ~~This would only have to be done at the start up of emacs, but I was lazy.~~ Edit: I have no clue how anything works

This is what I had to do to get it to work for me:

Thanks Braham!

 
    ;; workaround for pdf-tools not reopening to last-viewed page of the pdf:
    ;; https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/issues/18#issuecomment-269515117
    (defun brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (interactive)
      (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
        (bookmark-set (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (bookmark-set "fake") ; this is new
      (when
          (brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark)
        (bookmark-jump (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (assoc
       (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name) bookmark-alist))

    (defun brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name ()
      (concat "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: " (buffer-file-name)))

    (defun brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks ()
      (dolist (buf (buffer-list))
        (with-current-buffer buf
            (brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark))))

    (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (unless noninteractive  ; as `save-place-mode' does
      (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks))`

aijony · May 27, 2017

After restarting emacs, brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark returned nil unless I initialized the bookmark system so I put in (bokmark-set "fake"). ~~This would only have to be done at the start up of emacs, but I was lazy.~~ Edit: I have no clue how anything works

This is what I had to do to get it to work for me:

Thanks Braham!

 
    ;; workaround for pdf-tools not reopening to last-viewed page of the pdf:
    ;; https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/issues/18#issuecomment-269515117
    (defun brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (interactive)
      (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
        (bookmark-set (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (bookmark-set "fake") ; this is new
      (when
          (brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark)
        (bookmark-jump (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))))

    (defun brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark ()
      (assoc
       (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name) bookmark-alist))

    (defun brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name ()
      (concat "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: " (buffer-file-name)))

    (defun brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks ()
      (dolist (buf (buffer-list))
        (with-current-buffer buf
            (brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark))))

    (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark)
    (unless noninteractive  ; as `save-place-mode' does
      (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks))`

I would just like to subscribe to this request. Saving PDF positions (maybe also zoom?) between sessions would be amazing. It is a bit annoying to have to find exactly where I was last time I checked the pdf, or having to manually set a bookmark just for that purpose (besides re-zooming every single time I open a PDF).

andrewSteer · Sep 8, 2017

I would just like to subscribe to this request. Saving PDF positions (maybe also zoom?) between sessions would be amazing. It is a bit annoying to have to find exactly where I was last time I checked the pdf, or having to manually set a bookmark just for that purpose (besides re-zooming every single time I open a PDF).

You can subscribe to any GitHub issue by clicking the "Subscribe" button at the top of the issue's page on the right hand side.

If you'd just like to express your support of an issue, I (and I suspect other subscribers) would greatly appreciate it if you gave the OP a thumbs up (by clicking the smiley face in its top right corner) instead of making a "+1" post.

(In case you haven't seen it, GitHub's issue tracker can sort issues by the numbers of reactions they've garnered -- ideally, IMO, we'd have explicit issue voting with votes displayed next to the number of comments as in isaacs/github#9 or, e.g., GitLab, but that doesn't look like it will happen in the near future.)

braham-snyder · Sep 8, 2017

You can subscribe to any GitHub issue by clicking the "Subscribe" button at the top of the issue's page on the right hand side.

If you'd just like to express your support of an issue, I (and I suspect other subscribers) would greatly appreciate it if you gave the OP a thumbs up (by clicking the smiley face in its top right corner) instead of making a "+1" post.

(In case you haven't seen it, GitHub's issue tracker can sort issues by the numbers of reactions they've garnered -- ideally, IMO, we'd have explicit issue voting with votes displayed next to the number of comments as in isaacs/github#9 or, e.g., GitLab, but that doesn't look like it will happen in the near future.)

(Unusable) variant with records stored in separate file:

(require 'bookmark+)

(setq bookmarks-pdf "~/.emacs.d/bookmarks-pdf")

(defun brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark ()
  (interactive)
  (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
	(bmkp-switch-bookmark-file-create bookmarks-pdf t)
	(bookmark-set (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))
	(bmkp-switch-bookmark-file-create bookmark-default-file t)))

(defun brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark ()
  (bmkp-switch-bookmark-file-create bookmarks-pdf t)
  (bookmark-set "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: fake") ; this is new
  (when
	  (brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark)
	(bookmark-jump (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name)))
  (bmkp-switch-bookmark-file-create bookmark-default-file t))

(defun brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark ()
  (assoc
   (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name) bmkp-latest-bookmark-alist))

(defun brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name ()
  (concat "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: " (buffer-file-name)))

(defun brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks ()
  (dolist (buf (buffer-list))
	(with-current-buffer buf
	  (brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark))))

(add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark)
(add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark)
(unless noninteractive					; as `save-place-mode' does
  (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks))

It's slow cuz bookmark files savings.

caadar · Sep 20, 2017

(Unusable) variant with records stored in separate file:

(require 'bookmark+)

(setq bookmarks-pdf "~/.emacs.d/bookmarks-pdf")

(defun brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark ()
  (interactive)
  (when (eq major-mode 'pdf-view-mode)
	(bmkp-switch-bookmark-file-create bookmarks-pdf t)
	(bookmark-set (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name))
	(bmkp-switch-bookmark-file-create bookmark-default-file t)))

(defun brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark ()
  (bmkp-switch-bookmark-file-create bookmarks-pdf t)
  (bookmark-set "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: fake") ; this is new
  (when
	  (brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark)
	(bookmark-jump (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name)))
  (bmkp-switch-bookmark-file-create bookmark-default-file t))

(defun brds/pdf-has-last-viewed-bookmark ()
  (assoc
   (brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name) bmkp-latest-bookmark-alist))

(defun brds/pdf-generate-bookmark-name ()
  (concat "PDF-LAST-VIEWED: " (buffer-file-name)))

(defun brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks ()
  (dolist (buf (buffer-list))
	(with-current-buffer buf
	  (brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark))))

(add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'brds/pdf-set-last-viewed-bookmark)
(add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook 'brds/pdf-jump-last-viewed-bookmark)
(unless noninteractive					; as `save-place-mode' does
  (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'brds/pdf-set-all-last-viewed-bookmarks))

It's slow cuz bookmark files savings.

oscarfv closed this Dec 6, 2014

oscarfv referenced this issue May 12, 2015
Closed
Last page viewed ? #85

politza reopened this Jun 19, 2015

politza referenced this issue Jul 3, 2015
Closed
How to store/restore PDF file watching position? #109

politza changed the title from Bookmarking/remembering files to Remember PDF positions across sessions Oct 20, 2015

politza added the enhancement label Oct 20, 2015

plantarum referenced this issue Apr 3, 2016
Closed
Remember pdf position *within* sessions #199

michaelmrose referenced this issue Apr 14, 2016
Closed
Relative numbering + pdf-tools results in interminable freeze. #202

braham-snyder referenced this issue Dec 26, 2016
Closed
Redisplaying first page after opening helm window #111

braham-snyder referenced this issue Jan 8, 2017
Open
[pdf-tools & layout] Restore last location in a PDF buffer #8128

AegisAK referenced this issue Sep 18, 2017
Open
[OS X] LuaTeX, synctex, and pdf-tools don't play nicely #286

politza/pdf-tools

Join GitHub today

Remember PDF positions across sessions #18

Comments

oscarfv commented Dec 5, 2014

This comment has been minimized.

politza commented Dec 6, 2014

This comment has been minimized.

oscarfv commented Dec 6, 2014

oscarfv closed this Dec 6, 2014

oscarfv referenced this issue May 12, 2015

This comment has been minimized.

manuel-uberti commented May 13, 2015

This comment has been minimized.

alezost commented May 13, 2015

politza reopened this Jun 19, 2015

politza referenced this issue Jul 3, 2015

politza changed the title from Bookmarking/remembering files to Remember PDF positions across sessions Oct 20, 2015

politza added the enhancement label Oct 20, 2015

This comment has been minimized.

Andre0991 commented Jan 9, 2016

This comment has been minimized.

Andre0991 commented Jan 9, 2016

This comment has been minimized.

Andre0991 commented Jan 10, 2016

plantarum referenced this issue Apr 3, 2016

michaelmrose referenced this issue Apr 14, 2016

This comment has been minimized.

boyanpenkov commented Aug 4, 2016 • edited

braham-snyder referenced this issue Dec 26, 2016

This comment has been minimized.

politza commented Dec 28, 2016

braham-snyder referenced this issue Jan 8, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

boyanpenkov commented Feb 7, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

braham-snyder commented Feb 7, 2017 • edited

This comment has been minimized.

boyanpenkov commented Feb 7, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

braham-snyder commented Feb 8, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

boyanpenkov commented Feb 8, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

politza commented Feb 8, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

boyanpenkov commented Feb 8, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

braham-snyder commented Mar 22, 2017 • edited

This comment has been minimized.

boyanpenkov commented Mar 23, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

aijony commented May 27, 2017 • edited

manuel-uberti added a commit to manuel-uberti/.emacs.d that referenced this issue Jun 25, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

andrewSteer commented Sep 8, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

braham-snyder commented Sep 8, 2017

AegisAK referenced this issue Sep 18, 2017

This comment has been minimized.

caadar commented Sep 20, 2017

boyanpenkov commented Aug 4, 2016 •

edited

braham-snyder commented Feb 7, 2017 •

edited

braham-snyder commented Mar 22, 2017 •

edited

aijony commented May 27, 2017 •

edited