On 05/10/2007 09:07 AM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Amy Templeton wrote: > [large snip]
[large snip] >> So even if I were willing to go through the rigamarole of layer >> after layer of menus and mouse clicks to get to what I want to >> read, it's only a band-aid, and one that could fall off any day. >> And (since band-aids are TOTALLY addictive; okay, maybe the >> band-aid was a bad metaphor. Pain killers, perhaps?) I don't want >> to get hooked and used to depending on such a system when that day >> comes. > > You could install Openoffice.org and run it from the CLI. > - From man oowriter: > > /--------------- > -pt printername filename... > Prints the given files to the printer printername and > ends. The splash screen does not appear. > > If the file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed > in quotation marks. > \--------------- > > Just configure your printer to output a pdf and/or parse that pdf to > pdftotext to extract the text. > [snip] Actually, 'oowriter -pt printername filename' is known to be broken; see bug 342594 openoffice.org-writer: Ignores command -pt printer_name Regards, Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
