Use URL anchor to avoid query cache miss

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ce02062..c03dffb 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
           <li><a href="https://github.com/pacien/pointless-viewer/issues">Bug tracker</a></li>
           <li><a href="https://cgit.pacien.net/public/apps/pointless-viewer/">Source repository</a></li>
           <li><a href="https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/">Powered by PDF.js</a></li>
-          <li><a href="?file=sample/demo.pdf">Demo</a></li>
+          <li><a href="javascript:load('sample/demo.pdf')">Demo</a></li>
         </ul>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/pointless/viewer/init.js b/pointless/viewer/init.js
index 01f550c..e76ab1b 100644
--- a/pointless/viewer/init.js
+++ b/pointless/viewer/init.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 const params = function() {
   const queryDict = {};
-  location.search.substr(1).split("&").forEach(function(item) {
+  location.hash.substr(1).split("&").forEach(item => {
     const pair = item.split("=");
     queryDict[pair[0]] = pair[1];
   });
@@ -58,5 +58,10 @@ function init() {
     viewer.load(params["file"]);
 }
 
+function load(file) {
+  location.hash = "file=" + file;
+  location.reload();
+}
+
 if (isController())
   init();
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 5f6b64a..40ce682 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ An instance of this web application is deployed at [pointlessviewer.pacien.org](
 
 A double-width presentation may be generated with _Beamer_ using `\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen=right}`.
 
-A demonstration is available [here](https://pointlessviewer.pacien.org/?file=sample/demo.pdf).
+A demonstration is available [here](https://pointlessviewer.pacien.org/#file=sample/demo.pdf).
 
 
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