Re: pdftotext
Re: pdftotext
- Subject: Re: pdftotext
- From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:25:38 -0500
Actually, although I think Shane’s is the best way by far, since you are using Smile, why not go all the way.
I believe Smile can tackle pdfs.
I know for sure you can write to pdf and script the pdf with Smile.
Since I haven’t been AppleScripting for a while I did not try. But you can give it a shot.
On Dec 20, 2013, at 20:35 , Christopher Stone <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2013, at 16:28, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> Is there a better way to script the extraction of text from an unlocked pdf?
>>
>> That depends on what you mean by "better". if it covers without recourse to third-party software, you could use AppleScript:
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> Hey Shane,
>
> Thanks. I was hoping there was a way to handle that from a library. :)
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> Your handler doesn't produce as nice an output as pdftotext's raw switch, but I'm not certain what all the differences are yet. I imagine it can be worked around.
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> The biggest difference seems to be how whitespace is handled.
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>>> Of course I'm using the Satimage.osax's regex engine to do the heavy lifting.
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>> <scratched_record> Or you could use AppleScript...
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> Yeah, eventually.
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> But I've been using the SIO for a decade+ and can write extremely useful code in seconds, and that doesn't take into account all the templates and handlers I have for it.
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> 👿
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> --
> Take Care,
> Chris
>
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