> ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:09:01 PM > Subject: Re: Producing pdf files with copyable text > > On 8/12/07, Chris Mohler <cr33dog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have tried with all available pdf viewers, but the text is not > > > copyable at all. Something seems to be wrong with the method 'print to > > > ps + ps2pdf'. > > > > Let's try for a common target: > > > > Target: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org > > > > Methods: > > 1 - cups-pdf. Produces copyable text in Adobe Reader > > > > 2 - LOOP extension for FF. Also produces copyable text > > > > 3 - Openoffice - text *is* copyable, but the formatting is horrible! > > > > 4 - I did 'select all' in FF, made a new OO doc, and pasted it in. > > PDF export produces a file with copyable text, and decent formatting. > > > > In summary, I was able to produce a PDF w/copyable text using all four > > methods. #3 looked like hell, but the text was there. Seems like #4 > > ought to Just Work. I'm curious - can anyone can duplicate my > > results? I went into further detail about each method previously. > > > > Chris > > > > PS - I've found that not all pages work with method #1 - on some pages > > (gmail, e.g.), the text appears to be copyable, but it is in fact > > copying gibberish to the clipboard. By gibberish, I mean those nice > > little unicode character boxes that you see when your font can't do > > UTF-8. > > Here is the pdf file that I obtain with method 1 (cups-pdf). > > Paul > Paul, Here's the text that can be extracted from your pdf: ssh your_fedora_username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx That is it after doing an edit select all ** using evince ** Regards, Antonio currently using Fedora 7 if that is relevant to the thread [olivares@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) [olivares@localhost ~]$ uname -iprm 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 athlon i386 [olivares@localhost ~]$ uptime 13:21:42 up 7 days, 14:18, 2 users, load average: 0.25, 0.30, 0.33 [olivares@localhost ~]$ ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
