Ubuntu 20.04 - Document Viewer / evince

[Tony Arnold]

Hi Ian,

On Sun, 2020-10-04 at 20:51 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was reading a PDF downloaded from WikiPedia (about the "Executable
> and Linkable Format"). I wanted to have two windows open with the
> same document in - one for the initial diagrams and one for the bit I
> was concentrating on.
> 
> Sadly, evince checks to see if the file you give it is already open
> and jumps to that window. Fine but... I'd like 2 or more windows for
> some PDF files.
> 
> Any idea how to get around it? I've tried running evince from the
> command line but to no avail.

Open the document and then the menu button (the button with the 3
horizontal lines) has an option to open a copy. That will open a second
window showing the same document.

Regards,
Tony.
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