[SLUG] PDF to Latex or similar
I've done a brief Google w/o success. Is there some reasonable way to convert PDF to Latex or to any readable markup? Thanks, Alan -- -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] PDF to latex or similar
Alan, sorry, just playing catch up with my mail. I've never used (or even seen this) but it may be interesting. pdf2latex http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=pdf2latex Finding out what to search on sometimes takes a while... (maybe you've already seen & rejected, in which case, as you were.) Regards, Hal Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:33:41 +1100 From: Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] PDF to Latex or similar To: Sydney Linux User Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alan L Tyree wrote: > I've done a brief Google w/o success. Is there some reasonable way to > convert PDF to Latex or to any readable markup? In DEbian there is a package called xpdf-utils. That contains pdftotext: NAME: pdftotext - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter SYNOPSIS: pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]] DESCRIPTION: Pdftotext converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to plain text. Pdftotext reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a text file, text-file. There is an option: -htmlmeta: Generate a simple HTML file, including the meta information. This simply wraps the text in and and prepends the meta headers. pdftotext will give you the text but not the markup. :-( -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PDF to Latex or similar
Alan L Tyree wrote: > I've done a brief Google w/o success. Is there some reasonable way to > convert PDF to Latex or to any readable markup? Search google for "pdf to text" and you will find a few entries. You will never get back the original markup as that information has been lost but you can extract all the text from it. Equations tables and things I would expect to be stuffed. Mike -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials & Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1724 Fx: 9514 1460 UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PDF to Latex or similar
Alan L Tyree wrote: I've done a brief Google w/o success. Is there some reasonable way to convert PDF to Latex or to any readable markup? In DEbian there is a package called xpdf-utils. That contains pdftotext: NAME: pdftotext - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter SYNOPSIS: pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]] DESCRIPTION: Pdftotext converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to plain text. Pdftotext reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a text file, text-file. There is an option: -htmlmeta: Generate a simple HTML file, including the meta information. This simply wraps the text in and and prepends the meta headers. pdftotext will give you the text but not the markup. :-( -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PDF to latex or similar
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 12:32, Hal Ashburner wrote: > Alan, > sorry, just playing catch up with my mail. > > I've never used (or even seen this) but it may be interesting. > > pdf2latex > > http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=pdf2latex > > Finding out what to search on sometimes takes a while... (maybe you've already seen & rejected, in which case, as you were.) I have seen - the thing seems to be rather poorly named since it is for creating pdf files from latex sources!! Thanks, alan > > Regards, > Hal > > > > Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:33:41 +1100 > From: Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] PDF to Latex or similar > To: Sydney Linux User Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Alan L Tyree wrote: > > I've done a brief Google w/o success. Is there some reasonable > way to > > convert PDF to Latex or to any readable markup? > > In DEbian there is a package called xpdf-utils. That contains > pdftotext: > > NAME: pdftotext - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter > SYNOPSIS: pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]] > DESCRIPTION: Pdftotext converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files > to > plain text. Pdftotext reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a > text > file, text-file. > > There is an option: > -htmlmeta: Generate a simple HTML file, including the meta > information. This simply wraps the text in and > and prepends > the meta headers. > > pdftotext will give you the text but not the markup. :-( > > > > -- > __ > Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search > http://corp.mail.com/careers > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PDF to latex or similar
> "Alan" == Alan L Tyree writes: Alan> On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 12:32, Hal Ashburner wrote: >> Alan, sorry, just playing catch up with my mail. >> >> I've never used (or even seen this) but it may be interesting. >> >> pdf2latex >> Alan> I have seen - the thing seems to be rather poorly named since it Alan> is for creating pdf files from latex sources!! I think you're getting mixed up with pdflatex. A quick google search on pdf2latex shows only typos for pdflatex. The only (not very good) method I know for getting editable stuff from a pdf is to use pstoedit. Peter C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PDF to latex or similar
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:48, Peter Chubb wrote: > > "Alan" == Alan L Tyree writes: > The only (not very good) method I know for getting editable stuff from > a pdf is to use pstoedit. > Just for info - Kword will import pdf files and does keep most of the formatting and the text can be edited. -- Regards, Graham Smith - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PDF to latex or similar
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 15:22, Graham Smith wrote: > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:48, Peter Chubb wrote: > > > "Alan" == Alan L Tyree writes: > > The only (not very good) method I know for getting editable stuff from > > a pdf is to use pstoedit. > > > > Just for info - Kword will import pdf files and does keep most of the > formatting and the text can be edited. Sounds worth a look. Many thanks, Alan > -- > Regards, > > Graham Smith > - > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
