From: Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub]
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:48:01 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sfdwr5b2.nntm@hhbnwe.viijngy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8XT-Z-FHvvPap-Ngy384GEbSi_qUcpABOwaZDzsKJODSw@mail.gmail.com> (Yuri Khan's message of "Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:32:26 +0700")
I get sent PDFs all the time and it's often frustrating.
However most of the time I need the text, not necessarily the
formatting. For that, there are various PDF to text
converters which work to some degree (not so great with
multi-column text for the most part).
I also found a PDF to spreadsheet converter which isn't
especially great but better than nothing. Well, at least a
little better.
I realize this doesn't at all address the original question
about editing PDFs in the true sense of editing. But in a lot
of cases text extraction may be good enough, depending on your
purpose.
Copy/paste works in many cases as well. For instance I just
got sent a PDF of a budget spreadsheet, and with not so much
effort was able to make it into an org-mode table.
All bets are off if the PDF is an /image/ of some text. Then
you've got to get out your friendly OCR software. In such
cases I write back to the sender and politely ask for
something easier to use.
--
Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai`i
- Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-22 18:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-15 18:35 emacs 30.5.0 editing epub H.-J. Heitländer
2023-03-16 5:05 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-16 6:57 ` H.-J. Heitländer
2023-03-17 0:44 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-17 1:13 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-19 21:23 ` editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub] gebser
2023-03-19 23:59 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-20 7:15 ` gebser
2023-03-21 0:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-21 6:28 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-21 6:38 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-22 16:32 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-22 18:48 ` Bob Newell [this message]
2023-03-23 9:36 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-23 23:00 ` Bob Newell
2023-03-23 9:13 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-23 10:37 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-23 20:13 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-23 20:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-21 11:51 ` Ulrich Deiters
2023-03-21 21:57 ` gebser
2023-03-21 22:55 ` Ulrich Deiters
2023-03-22 1:56 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-22 8:26 ` FOSS replacement for PDF [Re: editing a PDF] gebser
2023-03-22 9:18 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-23 9:21 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-23 9:49 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-23 10:53 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-28 11:28 ` editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub] Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-22 7:03 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-22 15:20 ` gebser
2023-03-16 9:22 ` emacs 30.5.0 editing epub Stephen Berman
2023-03-16 13:16 ` H.-J. Heitländer
2023-03-16 15:23 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-16 16:54 ` H.-J. Heitländer
2023-03-16 18:58 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2023-03-20 21:50 ` emacs 30.5.0 editing epub - finishing remark H.-J. Heitländer
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