using pdftotext for `displaying' pdf files

using pdftotext for `displaying' pdf files

[Uwe Brauer]

Hello

I would like to use pdftotext instead of xpdf for displaying pdf
files. I played around with the entries in the .mailcap file. The
problem is that pdftotext transforms a pdf file into a text file but
does not display pdf files directly. So how can I configure XEmacs that
he displays the converted pdf file?

Thanks


Uwe Brauer 

Re: using pdftotext for `displaying' pdf files

[Reiner Steib]

On Fri, Jan 20 2006, Uwe Brauer wrote:

> I would like to use pdftotext instead of xpdf for displaying pdf
> files. I played around with the entries in the .mailcap file. The
> problem is that pdftotext transforms a pdf file into a text file but
> does not display pdf files directly.

,----[ pdftotext(1) ]
| SYNOPSIS
| 	pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]]
| 
| DESCRIPTION
| 	[...]  If text-file is not specified, pdftotext converts
| 	file.pdf to file.txt.  If text-file is `-', the text is sent
| 	to stdout.
`----

> So how can I configure XEmacs that he displays the converted pdf
> file?

,----[ ~/.mailcap ]
| application/pdf; pdftotext %s -; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.pdf
`----

You need to restart (X)Emacs or eval (mailcap-parse-mailcaps nil t)
after changing the mailcap file.

Bye, Reiner.
-- 
       ,,,
      (o o)
---ooO-(_)-Ooo---  |  PGP key available  |  http://rsteib.home.pages.de/

Re: using pdftotext for `displaying' pdf files

[Uwe Brauer]

>>>>> "Reiner" == Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:


   >> So how can I configure XEmacs that he displays the converted pdf
   >> file?

  Reiner> ,----[ ~/.mailcap ]
  Reiner> | application/pdf; pdftotext %s -; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.pdf
  Reiner> `----



Ok this 
; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.pdf
does the trick, thanks very much.

Uwe