Here's my first Beta version of a PDF "plug-in" for Arachne.
Simply add this line to mime.cfg
file/.pdf |c:\\xpdfdos\\pdftotex.exe $1 $t\pdf.txt \n arachne $t\pdf.txt
That's it.
We _should_ be able to view PDF files as TXT with Arachne now.
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 09:52:18 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
> CV>Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> CV>>
> CV>> ftp://ftp.foolabs.com:21/pub/xpdf/xpdf-0.90-dos.zip
> CV>> might work as a PDF veiwer "plug-in" for Arachne.
> CV>Hi Glenn, Mike;
> CV>If I may comment here, I have downloaded the above and it is my
> CV>opinion that by itself, it performs NO useful functions in DOS.
> YMMV. :)
> I find PDFTOTEX invaluable. With List it allows me to read pdf
> documents very quickly in DOS without having to load windoze and
> start Acrobat.
> PDFIMAGE extracts the images from pdf files if required.
> PDFTOPS would print them if only I had a PS printer.
> (As an aside... does anyone know of a DOS ps-to-pcl (laser) convertor prog?)
> CV>Aside from the annoying 12+ character directory name the author wants,
> CV>it has been written for "X" windows and requires a LOT of support
> What 12+ char. dirname? My files live in \xpdf.
> All 4 utilities (pdftotex, pdfimage, pdftops & pdfinfo) run perfectly
> on my msdos 6.22 486 box.
> CV>Even when trying the seemingly simple pdf to text converter
> CV>it wanted me to download a DPMI.
> Run the standard version, not the 386+ version.
> It might not be useful as an Arachne plug-in but as a utility I
> think it's invaluable.
> Mike
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