On Thu 18 Jan 2018 at 09:44:51 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-17, Chris Ramsden <chris.rams...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 17/01/18 21:42, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > >> On 18/01/18 10:37, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: > >>> Works fine for txt, although as it rasterizes things it's not going to be > >>> optimized for size. > >> > >> Yes, typically, but for large fonts and low resolution outputs with few > >> pages, rasterised pages may be smaller. > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> > > If I feed it a text file, it gives me an error: > > > > convert: improper image header `self_spam.txt' @ > > error/txt.c/ReadTXTImage/439. > > > > What's the trick to making it work with a text file as input? > > I ran into the same error (fixed in later versions, apparently, though I > am in the dark as to what version you are using and how late is later). > > I read an explicit > > convert text:mytext.txt mytext.pdf > > works. > > But it doesn't work here. > > Also: all roads lead to Rome, but some may be more suitable for wagons than > others.
As is obvious, I hadn't realised imagemagick converted text to pdf. However, the command you give works for me on stable and unstable. It gives unsearchable PDFs. -- Brian
