From 70cba472e0c839daabf620ae8a60cd27bd5d4853 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim van der Meij Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:22:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improve the instructions for the 'hello world' example --- examples/helloworld/README.md | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/examples/helloworld/README.md b/examples/helloworld/README.md index d4c7abab2..7096b145c 100644 --- a/examples/helloworld/README.md +++ b/examples/helloworld/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,16 @@ -## "Hello World" overview +## Overview -This example is a minimalistic application of the PDF.js project. The file -`helloworld.pdf` originates from the GNUpdf project and contains a simple and -human-readable PDF. +The "hello world" example is a minimalistic application of the PDF.js project. +The file `helloworld.pdf` originates from the GNUpdf project and contains a +simple and human-readable PDF. ## Getting started -Point your browser to `index.html`. Voila. Take a peek at `hello.js` to see -how to make basic calls to `pdf.js`. +Instead of simply opening `index.html` in a browser, you must serve the page +using a web server. This can be done on your local machine without an internet +connection. In the root directory of PDF.js, run `node make server` in a +terminal. The example can then be viewed using the following URL: + +`http://localhost:8888/examples/helloworld/index.html` + +Take a look at `hello.js` to see how to make basic calls to PDF.js.