From: Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>
Subject: Re: using pdftotext for `displaying' pdf files
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:55:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <v9ek32wwxz.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y81a247a.fsf@mat.ucm.es>
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.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-20 17:34 Uwe Brauer
2006-01-20 18:55 ` Reiner Steib [this message]
2006-01-20 20:26 ` Uwe Brauer
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