From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: covici@ccs.covici.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17059: 24.3; cannot view extracted text for a pdf Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 03:17:41 -0400 Message-ID: <6988.1401520661@ccs.covici.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401520708 5673 80.91.229.3 (31 May 2014 07:18:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 07:18:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17059@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 09:18:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WqdYX-0002I8-OC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 09:18:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58396 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqdYX-0004K9-1C for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 03:18:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57797) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqdYO-0004JA-Pd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 03:18:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqdYJ-0002tl-8h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 03:18:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39514) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqdYJ-0002tg-5X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 03:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WqdYI-0008Dg-5z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 03:18:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: covici@ccs.covici.com Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 07:18:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17059 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17059-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17059.140152066931571 (code B ref 17059); Sat, 31 May 2014 07:18:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17059) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 May 2014 07:17:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38391 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WqdY4-0008D8-GD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 03:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com ([75.126.84.131]:43209) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WqdY1-0008Cz-1G for 17059@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 03:17:46 -0400 Original-Received: from ccs.covici.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id s4V7HgrD014355 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sat, 31 May 2014 03:17:43 -0400 Original-Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s4V7Hg4J006990; Sat, 31 May 2014 03:17:42 -0400 In-reply-to: Comments: In-reply-to Stefan Monnier message dated "Fri, 30 May 2014 22:06:19 -0400." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-s4V7HgrD014355 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:89792 Archived-At: I am not in an X terminal when I do this, I am in an actual virtual console. I also tried this under Ubuntu 14.04 and got the same results. Stefan Monnier wrote: > > go into emacs. I will enclose my .emacs or attach. > [...] > > Then find a pdf with text. > > What does "with text" mean, here? > > > In emacs23 you immediately get the unable to render file prompt. > > Hmm... no I get to see the PDF rendered by ghostscript. > > > In 24, you get the pdf raw. > > Hmm... no I get to see the PDF rendered by ghostscript. > > > By the way, this is done from a text console. > > Ah, now you tell us. OK, starting over: > > > In emacs23 you immediately get the unable to render file prompt. > > Indeed, and it prompts me if I want to see the extracted text (I said > yes, and it did show me the text). > > > In 24, you get the pdf raw. > > Indeed. I can't remember this being a conscious change, so it looks > like a bug. > > > Now do escape-x and type docview-mode. > > Now you get the unable to render file prompt. > > Yup, I get that too. > > > When you hit y to the view extracted text instead, you get the > > following: DocView: process pdf->txt changed status to killed. > > Hmmm... I don't see that here (with Debian's "emacs24 -nw -Q foo.pdf"), > it shows me the extracted text just fine. > > > Stefan -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com