[gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

2011-01-09 Thread James
  gmx.de> writes:


> I explored the manual of that tool (pdftk) but didnt find any
> hint of converting pdf ot txt.
> Please, give me one little, a keyword, only an option
> which I can search for in the documentation to find
> out how to convert pdf to txt with pdftk.


Maybe this page can help? 
http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-cli-examples/
Maybe pdftk is not the right tool for your needs?


If all you want to do is convert a pdf to text, just
use acroread (as previously suggested):

There is a button at the top to save out the pdf file into
a txt file
-->File-->Save as Text


cya,
James




[gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

2011-01-14 Thread Sebastián Ramírez Magrí
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On 09/01/11 20:22, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> James  [11-01-10 01:41]:
>>   gmx.de> writes:
>>
>>
>>> I explored the manual of that tool (pdftk) but didnt find any
>>> hint of converting pdf ot txt.
>>> Please, give me one little, a keyword, only an option
>>> which I can search for in the documentation to find
>>> out how to convert pdf to txt with pdftk.
>>
>>
>> Maybe this page can help? 
>> http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-cli-examples/
>> Maybe pdftk is not the right tool for your needs?
>>
>>
>> If all you want to do is convert a pdf to text, just
>> use acroread (as previously suggested):
>>
>> There is a button at the top to save out the pdf file into
>> a txt file
>> -->File-->Save as Text
>>
>>
>> cya,
>> James
>>
>>
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> I asked here for a tool to convert from pdf to txt.
> I had to recompile the gcc (missing USE-flag) to install pdftk.
> This effort only to get said:
> 
> "Maybe pdftk is not the right tool for your needs?"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

If you use emacs you could also use docview mode to achieve that. It's a
little bit processor heavy but just does the work for me.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

2011-01-09 Thread meino . cramer
James  [11-01-10 01:41]:
>   gmx.de> writes:
> 
> 
> > I explored the manual of that tool (pdftk) but didnt find any
> > hint of converting pdf ot txt.
> > Please, give me one little, a keyword, only an option
> > which I can search for in the documentation to find
> > out how to convert pdf to txt with pdftk.
> 
> 
> Maybe this page can help? 
> http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-cli-examples/
> Maybe pdftk is not the right tool for your needs?
> 
> 
> If all you want to do is convert a pdf to text, just
> use acroread (as previously suggested):
> 
> There is a button at the top to save out the pdf file into
> a txt file
> -->File-->Save as Text
> 
> 
> cya,
> James
> 
> 

Hi James,

I asked here for a tool to convert from pdf to txt.
I had to recompile the gcc (missing USE-flag) to install pdftk.
This effort only to get said:

"Maybe pdftk is not the right tool for your needs?"