-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 09/01/11 20:22, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> [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?" > > .... > > > > >
If you use emacs you could also use docview mode to achieve that. It's a little bit processor heavy but just does the work for me. - -- http://sebasmagri.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJNMKS+AAoJECm0W7LfoBgvv+4H/AkS/mBYmtGm6jnTu87F+3bW 0cLwrSbe7OhpBU1xZxhhiraNRKhDUTFZxZ3pipSxajtBdwsvMcpRPPTyNKz0mLiu hOWlEIpDQchxTm1tMzCz3HB9mF+7G9MPvSjF0SYSKdt6R9okUm9FmAti8oXmy1db RSymQCzKi1oBr97PKwpC/tavC5tTS9t2i+RUF7rIgV2KuVvHG0M+bHlFrpCDrDsi Q6bac/Qz/pO35qSyNUWok4nBmKWdELztTSChC4+/0oYlmXtPab1c2s8C6XkcpmKK hVvneGd9lfFmPsMeFVZfjQziRN3vbasFj2vl3rY/0aj9hssu85JK4nxdxqXLqlk= =ykzz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----