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

On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 01:05:30PM -0400, keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> Neo Sze Wee wanted to know more about the DOS version of pdftotext.
> The one posted on the web is at foolabs.com and is part of a 1.2M download
> including pdftops and pdfimages and pdfinfo.  pdftotext decmpresses to
> 964K !!!!  It also requires gzip.
> 
> The older version from Arachne is a lot smaller.  I can email that or ask
> Doug for permission to use his DOS version.  They are nearly identical and
> both about 170K.  You can also download Arachne (about 1M) and install it

I have arachne.

> and use it to browse and do mail, also to telnet or ftp by downloading the
> plugins from the Arachne site, as well as the pdftotext plugin.  There is
> an automatic package manager (APM) that deals with these packages for you.
> 
> The foolabs version needs a 386 or later with DMPI support (put the file
> cwsdpmi on your path) and math coprocessor.  You can read more at
> members.cox.net/xpdf/download.html. 

Thanks.

> 
> Maybe the newer version produces more readable output? Version 0.90 does
> not do so well with tables.
> 
> 
> You type pdftotex  filename.pdf 
> and it outputs filename.txt
> 
> There is also a switch if you just want to display to screen
> pdftotex filename.pdf -  
> 
> I should try that with Lynx.  I had saved the file to temp and then read
> it with list instead.  
> 
> Sindi Keesan
> 
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