[rrosen326]

This particular solution may not be solving the problem I need, but I'd love to see a really good version of PDF.js running in electron for existing electron apps.

Use case: You're building an electron app. It needs to view pdfs. Right now, you need to implement pdf.js yourself. It's non trivial. And the more full-featured you want it, the harder it is.

And that's only half the issue. What if you want a cross-platform way to create a thumbnail of a pdf? Ugg, don't let me get started on ghostscript...

[mschuster91]

> What if you want a cross-platform way to create a thumbnail of a pdf? Ugg, don't let me get started on ghostscript...

Embed statically linked versions of imagick in your program or download them upon first load/setup.

[chatmasta]

Someone who knows how to do that probably isn’t programming in electron.

[rrosen326]

ImageMagick requires Ghostscript to handle pdfs. So you need both.

Except on OSX, where you can use SIPS. But on Windows, you're stuck with IM/GS.