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Re:Rga: Ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office do... by durnygbur on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:13PM (#25278594)
> search in Acrobat Reader

The search in PDF viewers is an anti-feature in terms of UI and performance. Their advantage is that they allow to scroll to and highlight the found phrase back in the document.

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Re:Rga: Ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office do... by solstice on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:01PM (#25280833)
The search in Tracker Software's PDF X-Change Viewer/Editor is really great. Effective and easy to use
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Re:Rga: Ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office do... by mssdvd on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:38PM (#25278908)
The search in most application is an anti-feature.
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