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* [9fans] code highlighting and copying text from PDF files
@ 2012-06-06 10:55 faif
  2012-06-06 12:52 ` erik quanstrom
  2012-06-06 15:28 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: faif @ 2012-06-06 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

I asked 2 questions a couple of days ago but strangely not of them was published!

So I'll try again but this time the topics are merged :)

1. How can I get C code highlighting to Sam or Acme?
2. Is there a client like page(1) that allows me to copy text from a
PDF file? Very useful while reading Fransisco's books...



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* Re: [9fans] code highlighting and copying text from PDF files
  2012-06-06 10:55 [9fans] code highlighting and copying text from PDF files faif
@ 2012-06-06 12:52 ` erik quanstrom
  2012-06-06 14:16   ` Peter A. Cejchan
  2012-06-06 15:28 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: erik quanstrom @ 2012-06-06 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> 2. Is there a client like page(1) that allows me to copy text from a
> PDF file? Very useful while reading Fransisco's books...

sadly, no.

- erik



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* Re: [9fans] code highlighting and copying text from PDF files
  2012-06-06 12:52 ` erik quanstrom
@ 2012-06-06 14:16   ` Peter A. Cejchan
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter A. Cejchan @ 2012-06-06 14:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

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you could use ps2ascii foo.pdf > foo.txt, and serch for the sentence there
.... but it is not very convenient :-(

++pac

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* Re: [9fans] code highlighting and copying text from PDF files
  2012-06-06 10:55 [9fans] code highlighting and copying text from PDF files faif
  2012-06-06 12:52 ` erik quanstrom
@ 2012-06-06 15:28 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Aram Hăvărneanu @ 2012-06-06 15:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

> 2. Is there a client like page(1) that allows me to copy text from a
> PDF file? Very useful while reading Fransisco's books...

Use acme(1) to read Nemo's books in text format, it works so much
better because you can just click on things.

-- 
Aram Hăvărneanu



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