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

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.alt.os.linux.debian
Subject	Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux?
Date	2016-03-08 15:02 +0100
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On 2016-03-07 09:23, Ant wrote:

> 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.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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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
        Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-08 19:06 +0100
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        Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-09 13:04 -0600
  Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-06 14:21 +0000
    Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-03-06 09:49 -0500
    Re: Text-based PDF (read/view)ers in Linux? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-06 23:12 +0100
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