From koffice-devel Sun May 25 01:34:42 2003 From: Nicolas Hadacek Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 01:34:42 +0000 To: koffice-devel Subject: Re: using pdftotext from xpdf X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice-devel&m=105389139516153 On Monday 26 May 2003 12:27 pm, Daniel Naber wrote: > I saw that xpdf is now part of KOffice. I guess you're talking about the xpdf sources in the pdf import filter ? Note that since xpdf is not intended as being used as a library I had to modify a little the sources. Also I am not using the pdftotext binary since it is too limited. > The pdftotext from xpdf would also > be useful for KFind, so that it can search in PDF files. I see the > following options: > > 1. KFind doesn't care about KOffice's xpdf and uses pdftotext as an > optional runtime "requirement". The user must then install xpdf if he > wants to search in PDF files. I think this should be the right solution... > 2. KOffice installs pdftotext as a binary. The user can then install xpdf > or KOffice if he wants to search in PDF files. it's probably better to rely on another channel (the distribution) to install a third party binary. Moreover the xpdf from the distribution can be newer than the one I use... > 3. Copy xpdf from KOffice to kdelibs so that it can be used as a library. I don't see the need for xpdf in kdelibs :) see you, Nicolas _______________________________________________ koffice-devel mailing list koffice-devel@mail.kde.org http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice-devel