First experiments with using evince for inline PDF viewing.

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+# Copyright (C) 2010, Lucian Branescu Mihaila
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+import gtk
+import evince
+
+def get_view(uri='file:///home/lucian/test.pdf'):
+    view = evince.View()
+
+    try: # assuming evince 2.30
+        doc = evince.document_factory_get_document(uri)
+        model = evince.DocumentModel()
+        model.set_document(doc)
+
+        view.set_model(model)
+    except AttributeError: # we're probably on evince 2.28 or older
+        doc = evince.factory_get_document(uri)
+        view.set_document(doc)
+
+    return view
+
+win = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
+win.set_size_request(400, 300)
+win.connect('destroy', gtk.main_quit)
+win.show()
+
+v = get_view()
+
+win.add(v)
+v.show()
+
+gtk.main()