Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux?

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> > Interesting. Less command by itself wouldn't work correctly, 
> > but with pdftotext, it did work. Actually, this trick is good enough for 
> > me. Thanks! :)

> Did you try 'mc'? Just press "F3" (view) on a PDF file and it opens it
> for view in text mode. It may be using "pdftotext" in the back, I don't
> know.

Wow, it worked too. To test to see if it is using pdftotext command, I 
renamed my /usr/bin/pdftotext and retested. Midnight Commander (mc) said 
"Error -- /usr/lib/mc/ext.d/doc.sh: 41: /usr/lib/mc/ext.d/doc.sh: 
pdftotext: not found". So yes, it is using it. :)
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Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-06 02:38 -0600
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    Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-07 02:23 -0600
      Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-07 08:56 +0000
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