[evince] Open PDF from URL directly [feature request]



I would like Evince to be capable of downloading PDF from URL and open it:

1. when I type in evince and URL in command line. Example:
$ evince https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf

2.  GUI method:
Open -> (Open Document windows) Other Locations -> Enter "https://hwpi.harvard.edu/files/torman/files/sample.pdf"; in "Connect to Server" field -> Click open

Rationale:
I often surf the Web and find unknown (for me), potentially interesting PDF documents. Built-in browser PDF viewer can't render substantial number of PDF documents correctly, so I must open them in stand-alone PDF viewer such as Evince. Desktop web browsers have a feature to download PDF file to temporary directory then execute external program to display them. However many things may interfere with/prevent that such as sandboxing tools (firejail), security features of package deployment managers (Snap) or MAC (Mandatory access control) policies. User may also prefer to open suspicious PDF document in another VM or different sandbox than a browser is contained in. Easy way to open document from copy-pasted URL will be an improvement over using browser or wget to download file just to see if it is interesting.



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