Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed2.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!feeder1.news.elisa.fi!uutiset.elisa.fi!7564ea0f!not-for-mail From: uhhu Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: text messes up in ps2pdf converted pdf Message-ID: <20110426182944.05b8f5ae@mailinator.com> References: <0ee8b9ed-146a-403a-8b34-f37497f2b5df@n10g2000yqf.googlegroups.com> <20110426165753.4f8642b7@mailinator.com> X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lines: 28 Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:29:44 +0300 NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.113.115.219 X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@saunalahti.com X-Trace: uutiset.elisa.fi 1303831744 88.113.115.219 (Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:29:04 EEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:29:04 EEST Organization: Elisa Customer Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.postscript:158 Peng Yu 2011-04-26: > On Apr 26, 8:57=A0am, uhhu wrote: > > Peng =A0Yu 2011-04-25: > > > > > I convert the ps file to a pdf file. But the text in the pdf is > > > messed up. I'm wondering how to convert a ps file to a pdf file > > > so that the text can be copied? Thanks and look forward to > > > hearing from you! > > > > > $ps2pdf pcfg-notes.ps > > > > >http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~roni/11761-s01/PreviousYearsHandouts/pcfg-note.= .. > > > > It seems the small-caps (a-z) are "rot-2" coded. Of course, the a-z are not small caps but lower case. > > > > $ tr a-z c-zab >=20 > What is this? Sorry for not explaining. It is the Unix/Linux command to change the off-by-2 (or "rot-2") characters copied from the pdf file back to normal text. Not the solution you are looking for, though.