Re: Viewing PDFs as text?

[Bastien]

When trying to view a PDF with in a tty, `doc-view-initiate-display'
throws an error about missing support for image, png or other utilities.

Maybe it would be better to display the output of pdftotext directly in
a tty.  In X Window, the default behavior would be to display the image
when images are supported, and to fall back on pdftotext when not.

What do you think?

PS: See the request below by Roland.

Roland Winkler <address@hidden> writes:

> Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> writes:
>> Roland Winkler <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> It would be nice if doc-view used a plain text format if emacs is
>>> running in a tty. Or am I missing something?
>>
>> No, I'll have a look if that's easy to do.  Til then you can use
>>
>>   ! pdftotext ? - RET
>>
>> from within dired.
>
> Of course, not all pdf files are such that pdftotext can give
> meaningful results. Figures and, say, formulas in a file generated
> with pdflatex will be screwed up. However, fairly often I need to
> use a tty. Anything that helps me along that way is greatly
> appreciated. For me, one of the big advantages of emacs is that it
> allows me to get the most out of a plain old tty.

-- 
Bastien