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Re: Viewing PDFs as text?
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Viewing PDFs as text? |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:51:01 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
> When trying to view a PDF with in a tty, `doc-view-initiate-display'
> throws an error about missing support for image, png or other utilities.
> Maybe it would be better to display the output of pdftotext directly in
> a tty. In X Window, the default behavior would be to display the image
> when images are supported, and to fall back on pdftotext when not.
> What do you think?
Sounds like a good idea, but the implementation doesn't seem
as obvious. So... patches welcome,
Stefan
> PS: See the request below by Roland.
> Roland Winkler <address@hidden> writes:
>> Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> writes:
>>> Roland Winkler <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> It would be nice if doc-view used a plain text format if emacs is
>>>> running in a tty. Or am I missing something?
>>>
>>> No, I'll have a look if that's easy to do. Til then you can use
>>>
>>> ! pdftotext ? - RET
>>>
>>> from within dired.
>>
>> Of course, not all pdf files are such that pdftotext can give
>> meaningful results. Figures and, say, formulas in a file generated
>> with pdflatex will be screwed up. However, fairly often I need to
>> use a tty. Anything that helps me along that way is greatly
>> appreciated. For me, one of the big advantages of emacs is that it
>> allows me to get the most out of a plain old tty.
> --
> Bastien