On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:11:35AM +0100, Dean Richard Benson wrote: > Hi there > > I have just read over a couple of mutt configuration files. I notice > that in some mailcap files there is a pdftotext-filter mentioned. Does > anyone know where I can get that file from at all? > > I have the pdftotext program but not the shell script that is menioned > in the mailcap file.
For anyone that needs it, Roland has just sent me it through my inbox:
(its a simple, but nicely effective wrapper script)
- Dean
#! /bin/sh
#
# $Id: pdftotext-filter,v 1.1 1999/06/10 10:49:26 roland Exp $
#
# This is a little script to use pdftotext from the xpdf package as a
# filter
# which reads a PDF file on stdin and writes an ASCII file on stdout.
#
##########################################################################
#
# Copyright (C) 1999 Roland Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
##########################################################################
umask 077
tmpdir=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/pdftotext.$$
mkdir $tmpdir || exit 1
trap "rm -rf $tmpdir; exit" 0 1 2 3 15
cat > $tmpdir/pdftotext.pdf
pdftotext $tmpdir/pdftotext.pdf
cat $tmpdir/pdftotext.txt
msg29003/pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
