eReader – PDF and e-book reader for Total Commander

eReader reads PDF, EPUB, FB2/FB3, MOBI/AZW3 and comic books (CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBT) right in the Lister – with table of contents, text search, links and a dark design. PDF pages are rendered by Windows itself, e-books are laid out as flowing text in a comfortable reading column.

What is eReader?

eReader is a Lister plugin for Total Commander. Press F3 on a PDF, EPUB, FB2/FB3, MOBI/AZW3 or comic book file and read it right there, with a sidebar for bookmarks and chapters, clickable links, text search, selection and copying, and a dark design that can darken PDF pages too.

PDF pages are rendered by the PDF engine of Windows on a background thread, e-books are laid out as flowing text in a narrow reading column, and comics are shown page by page. You can rotate scanned pages, switch between continuous scrolling and single page mode, and print with page ranges.

Highlights

• 01

  PDFs from Windows

  Pages are rendered by the PDF engine of Windows on a background thread, so the Lister stays responsive – also for password-protected and damaged files.

• 02

  Calm reading

  E-books in a narrow text column with selectable font and size, pictures, tables and footnotes.

• 03

  One page at a time

  Continuous scrolling or single page mode, fit width or fit page, page rotation for scans.

• 04

  Navigate and print

  Sidebar with bookmarks and chapters, links with Alt+Left to go back, text search and printing with page ranges.

How it’s built

eReader is written in C++ against the plain Win32 API, without frameworks or runtimes: its own parsers and layout engine for EPUB, FB2 and MOBI, a comic reader that uses the unpacker libraries of Total Commander, and PDF pages handed to the engine built into Windows.

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