[gentoo-user] pdf -> txt

[gentoo-user] pdf -> txt

[meino.cramer]

Hi,

 I want to convert a couple of pdf-documents, which
 are of test and "ASCIIbased tables", to pure text
 (ASCII, vim-editable ;) ).

 What tool/s are worth being tried out for this task?

 Thank you very much in advance for any help!

 Best regards
 mcc

[gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 01/06/2011 05:45 AM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
>   I want to convert a couple of pdf-documents, which
>   are of test and "ASCIIbased tables", to pure text
>   (ASCII, vim-editable ;) ).
>
>   What tool/s are worth being tried out for this task?
>
>   Thank you very much in advance for any help!

pdftotext might help.  Comes with app-text/poppler.

[gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[Nuno J. Silva]

Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> writes:

> On 01/06/2011 05:45 AM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>   I want to convert a couple of pdf-documents, which
>>   are of test and "ASCIIbased tables", to pure text
>>   (ASCII, vim-editable ;) ).
>>
>>   What tool/s are worth being tried out for this task?
>>
>>   Thank you very much in advance for any help!
>
> pdftotext might help.  Comes with app-text/poppler.

If the output looks messed up, don't give up, first see the manpage,
there are some switches that may result in a better output.

I think using -layout will help you with the tables.

-- 
Nuno J. Silva
gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/njsg

[gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[James]

 <meino.cramer <at> gmx.de> writes:


>  I want to convert a couple of pdf-documents, which
>  are of test and "ASCIIbased tables", to pure text
>  (ASCII, vim-editable ;) ).

app-text/pdftk

http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/


Is very cool for all things PDF on linux.....


hth,
James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[meino.cramer]

James <wireless@Tampabay.rr.com> [11-01-07 04:03]:
>  <meino.cramer <at> gmx.de> writes:
> 
> 
> >  I want to convert a couple of pdf-documents, which
> >  are of test and "ASCIIbased tables", to pure text
> >  (ASCII, vim-editable ;) ).
> 
> app-text/pdftk
> 
> http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/
> 
> 
> Is very cool for all things PDF on linux.....
> 
> 
> hth,
> James
> 

Hi James,

I think I need an additional help...

Can you give me a hint, how to create ASCII text from pdf files
(as mentioned in my initial mail) with pdftk?

Thank you very much in advance fro your help!

Best regards,
mcc

[gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[James]

 <meino.cramer <at> gmx.de> writes:


> Can you give me a hint, how to create ASCII text from pdf files

The simpliest method is to install app-text/acroread


There is a button at the top to save out the pdf file into
an txt file....


-->File-->Save as Text


Other tools, such as the one I mentioned previously, have
greater capability, but need to be 'explored' and 'researched'
and 'tested' by the potential user.


hth,

James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[meino.cramer]

James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> [11-01-08 17:16]:
>  <meino.cramer <at> gmx.de> writes:
> 
> 
> > Can you give me a hint, how to create ASCII text from pdf files
> 
> The simpliest method is to install app-text/acroread
> 
> 
> There is a button at the top to save out the pdf file into
> an txt file....
> 
> 
> -->File-->Save as Text
> 
> 
> Other tools, such as the one I mentioned previously, have
> greater capability, but need to be 'explored' and 'researched'
> and 'tested' by the potential user.
> 
> 
> hth,
> 
> James
> 
> 

Hi James,

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.

Thank you so much in advance for any help regarding this!

Best regards and have a nice weekend!
mcc

[gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[James]

 <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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[meino.cramer]

James <wireless@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?"

....

[gentoo-user] Re: pdf -> txt

[Sebastián Ramírez Magrí]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256

On 09/01/11 20:22, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> James <wireless@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-----