redmine_preview_pdf

Plugin for Redmine. Show pdf attachments in preview pane. Also will show pdf thumbnails. This plugin requires imagemagick and ghostscript to be installed

Use case(s)

• View first page of a large pdf-file as a smaller preview image in Redmine's preview pane

Install

1. download plugin and copy plugin folder redmine_preview_pdf go to Redmine's plugins folder

2. restart server f.i.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Uninstall

1. go to plugins folder, delete plugin folder redmine_preview_pdf

rm -r redmine_preview_pdf

2. restart server f.i.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Use

• Go to Administration->Information and verify if ImageMagick and Ghostscript are installed

  (ImageMagick and Ghostscript are only needed, if you choose to preview a pdf file as an image)

  GhostScript 'gs' and ImagMagick 'convert' should be available in the path of the Redmine process user

• Go to Administration->Plugins-Redmine Preview PDF->Configure and choose your preview method

  <object><embed> downloads the whole pdf. Should be compatible with elder browsers

  <iframe> downloads the whole pdf as well. Should be compatible with newer browsers

  <img> shows only the first page of the pdf as an image. Compatible with every browser

• On Issue show page click on a pdf attachment to to view -depending on your choice-

  • the first page of the pdf as an image - good for large pdf files
  • the whole pdf embedded

• Starting with version 1.0.3 choose to either embed full pdf in preview pane or only image of first page

Have fun!

Localisations

• 1.0.2
  • English
  • German
• 1.0.1
  • no localizable strings present in plugin

Change-Log*

1.0.4 fixed aspect ratio problem for img preview

1.0.3

• added option to embed original pdf instead of only first page
• added check for Ghostscript availabilty under Administration->Information
• option to choose beteween embedding method with iframe or object/embed (for enhanced compatibilty with legacy browswers)

1.0.2

• added check for Ghostscript
• added option to show full original pdf embedded in preview pane
• added option how to embed pdf in preview pane with <object><embed> or <iframe>-tags

1.0.1 running on Redmine 3.4.6