James <[email protected]> [11-01-10 01:41]:
> <meino.cramer <at> 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?"
....