On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 10:27:14PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
Are there any Free Software PDF viewers that have the ability to search and copy/paste text and graphics? I ask because I find that sometimes I have to use acroread (non-free, of course) becuase I have a large PDF file and I need to search for a string, or copy a long selection of text. I would prefer to not use the non-free app, but I have come to rely on the search and copy functions. Are there any alternatives?
I have already looked at gv, ggv, and gpdf, but it's not there in any of those. What does everyone else use?
-Roberto
(In addition th what has already been mentioned:)
To get text out of a pdf file: pdftotext (package xpdf-utils). Generates a text file in which you can search, copy, edit, ...
To get images: pdfimages (xpdf-utils) or pstoedit.
HTH
True. However, I was looking for something more interactive. I.e., I am reading a book on OpenGL programming (which is in PDF format).
As I read I like to be able to copy/paste the code samples and try them out. With the utilites you mention, it would be decidedly more difficult to read, because by extracting either text or graphics, I lose the other and all the formatting.
But thanks for the info.
-Roberto
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