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[Neo Sze Wee <neoszewee AT gmx.net>]

On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 12:51:18PM -0400, keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2003, Neo Sze Wee wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 09:59:33AM -0400, sindi keesan wrote:
> > > There is a pdf2html which displays images as well as text.
> > > Slackware 7.1 has an xpdf package for xpdf 0.90.
> > > There is a newer version (2.02) at
> > > ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-2.02-linux.tar.gz
> > > 
> > > I was surprised to find that it was compiled for Kernel 2.2 and glibc
> > > 2.1.3.  It is about 6M.  
> > 
> > Very big. It should about 1-2M. Maybe it includes fonts.
> 
> The stripped version of foolabs pdftotext (static) was about 500K.  No
> fonts, this produces only plain console text.  Doug has now sent me a 387K
> pdftotext which does not have any dependencies at all.  The foolabs

Where to get Doug's version?

> version needed mkstemp which BLS does not have.  The Slackware version
> needed several other things. 
> 
> > Does it run in 16 bit DOS?
> 
> Pdftotext for DOS (170K) ran on my 386.  I don't recall whether it needs
> cwsdpmi (a DOS extender used by Arachne to let it run in 32-bit mode). 
> There is a DOS version of pdftotext posted somewhere online which you can
> download and try on your computer.  Arachne also offers a DOS version for

Last time I downloaded it but it does not work. Maybe it does now?

> download but I don't know how to unpack it without using Arachne.  Let me

Should it not be unarj.exe? It is the only archiver that comes
with Arachne.

> know if you have trouble finding the DOS version.  If all else fails I can
> mail you a copy of mine.

That would be nice.

> 
> Sorry not to answer sooner but for some reason all of your emails arrive
> NOT marked New so I think I have already read them (with Pine).  Strange.

I use mutt.

>  
> > > Has anyone tried ghostscript (console version) as a pdf viewer for lynx?
> > 
> > Moreover, can it be run without X?
> 
> I think there are both X and non-X versions of ghostscript.  I installed
> the non-X version which probably needs svgalib. I have not tried it yet
> with Linux.  The DOS version displays (very poor quality) preview of the

16 bit DOS? (I am paranoidal)

> page or sends the file (or selected pages of it) to the printer.  If you
> convert to ps (pdftops) you can view it with psv (postscript view) for
> DOS, which lets you scroll, magnify, and also print.  Is there a psv for
> Linux console? 
> 
> You would probably not want to use ghostscript as a viewer because the
> resolution is too poor to actually read the text.  It shows a whole page
> on your screen.  There are pdftopbm or pdftoimage if you want to view
> images in pdf files.  
>