Board:   [fsxNet] Mystic BBS discussion/support
Subject: rudimentary pdf viewing
From:    Shurato(21:2/148)
Date:    Wed Mar 04, 2026 15:54

 fu> included in the xpdf tools collection is pdftotext.exe which as the name
 fu> suggests can convert pdf files to a plain text format.

 fu> https://dl.xpdfreader.com/xpdf-tools-win-4.06.zip

 fu> in mystic add an archiver:

 fu> Extension: PDF OS: Windows (thought this should apply to linux with
 fu> little effort) Description: PDF View Only Pack Cmd: ~~~ BLANK!
 fu> ~~~ Unpack Cmd: ~~~ BLANK! ~~~ View Cmd:
 fu> c:\yourfolder\bin32\pdftotext.exe -simple "%1" "%3%2"


I want to add this for elebbs.  What are the varuous variables short for?

 fu> afterwards go in and try and view a PDF file. obviously simpler stuff will
 fu> work better. you can try some of the layout parameters from pdftotext.exe:

 fu> -simple -simple2 -layout -table

 fu> the linux package you would find this in is titled 'poppler' !

 fu> i don't know how to teach it any better than that..

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