Bernie wrote:
>
> Glenn wrote:
> >Adding these 2 lines to mime.cfg converts PDF to plain text.(no graphics)
> >
> >application/pdf >TXT|@c:\\xpdfdos\\pdftotex.exe -q $1 $2
> >file/.pdf >TXT|@c:\\xpdfdos\\pdftotex.exe -q $1 $2
>
> Why do you complicate things so Glenn? There's an APM that will do that
> (and includes the software).
Different people have different ideas on what is complicated.
If you don't know beforehand EXACTLY what a thing like an APM is going to do
to you (and I MEAN do TO you <G>) then the APM is more complicated because
you have to protect yourself from it.
Lot's of examples available.
My favorites are YOUR message (after destruction of various parts of my
setup) Create backup ?
And THEN you tell us on the list that I misunderstood what was being backed
up. (The APM) What the F!$%%^ would I want the APM backed up for ? I can
just download it again !! Where the H@## are my original files ?? <GGGGG>
And, of course, the Serious IKN skin which one would expect to just swap
the .IKN set to uncarved, but some genius thinks you want to have all your
color schemes changed too !!
APMs are dangerous. They give too much power to the nut that puts them
together and ZERO power to the user.
One of the first things I try to do with each new version to protect myself
from accidentally attempting to load an APM is rename APM.exe to APMEXE.sav.
- Clarence Verge
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