* using pdftotext for `displaying' pdf files
@ 2006-01-20 17:34 Uwe Brauer
2006-01-20 18:55 ` Reiner Steib
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From: Uwe Brauer @ 2006-01-20 17:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
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
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* Re: using pdftotext for `displaying' pdf files
2006-01-20 17:34 using pdftotext for `displaying' pdf files Uwe Brauer
@ 2006-01-20 18:55 ` Reiner Steib
2006-01-20 20:26 ` Uwe Brauer
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From: Reiner Steib @ 2006-01-20 18:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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2006-01-20 18:55 ` Reiner Steib
@ 2006-01-20 20:26 ` Uwe Brauer
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From: Uwe Brauer @ 2006-01-20 20:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "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
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