pdf2text

[Jim M.]

Hi,
When used:
ShowPDF()
{
pdf2ps "$1" | ps2ascii
}
in mutt.octet.filter file, i get the error:
Usage: pdf2ps [-dPSBinaryOK] [-dPSLevel] [-dPSNoProSet] inputpdf output.ps

I have tried things goten couple of suggestions.
Any hints will be appreciated.
Jim
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Re: pdf2text

[Jeremy A. Gray]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 07:20:51PM -, Jim M. wrote:
 Hi,
 When used:
 ShowPDF()
 {
 pdf2ps "$1" | ps2ascii
 }
 in mutt.octet.filter file, i get the error:
 Usage: pdf2ps [-dPSBinaryOK] [-dPSLevel] [-dPSNoProSet] inputpdf output.ps

Look at the usage error message.  

Since it looks like ShowPDF () is a bash function, just add some steps.  

ShowPDF ()
{
  pdf2ps ${1} temp.ps
  ps2ascii temp.ps
  rm -f temp.ps
}

Or whatever floats your boat.  You might want to check the options to
ps2ascii and modify that line as well.  

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Jeremy A. Gray
A434 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Re: pdf2text

[Dirk Ruediger]

Hi Jim,

 When used:
 ShowPDF()
 {
 pdf2ps "$1" | ps2ascii
 }
 in mutt.octet.filter file, i get the error:
 Usage: pdf2ps [-dPSBinaryOK] [-dPSLevel] [-dPSNoProSet] inputpdf output.ps

If the prohgram needs an outputfile but you want to filte the output,
then use "-" as outputfile, it means "stdout".

ShowPDF()
{
  pdf2ps "$1" - | ps2ascii
}

Untested in this case, but should work...

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