On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:11:36 -0400 Juergen Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 04:30:52PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:12:39 -0400 > > Juergen Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > For documents on the web I have this inelegant and heinous trick: I > > > google for them. If a doc is in PDF format, Google will give you the > > > option to view it as HTML. The converted version is not always pretty, > > > but more often than not sufficient to get the information I need. > > > Obviously doesn't work all the time, but it has helped me out > > > occasionally. > > > > Why not just use a software pdf to text / html / whatever converter, > > such as pdftotext (in xpdf-utils)? > > > > Celejar > > I typically only use Google on computers that don't belong to me and > that don't have a PDF reader installed - and most of those don't have > xpdf-utils installed, either. Of course. I also use google's "view as HTML" in such situations; waiting for Acrobat (plus its boatload of default plugins) to load can be agonizing, especially on an older machine. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
