> ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:32:35 PM > Subject: Re: Producing pdf files with copyable text > > To see the problem that I am now mentioning, please try to produce a > pdf of the GMail frontpage: > > www.gmail.com > > which is rendered on Firefox with Liberation Fonts, in case you have > them installed. > > Paul > > -- You are absolutely correct, I am trying very hard to make it copyable but all I get is GIGO. Garbage In Garbage Out Using ps2pdf, all the copyable text I get is : Welcome to Gmail https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive... 1 of 1 08/12/2007 03:57 PM Using Konqueror, I get the message that you got A print error occurred. Error message received from system: Abnormal process termination (gs -q -dSAFER -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=$out{/home/olivares/print.pdf} -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -c .setpdfwrite -f '/tmp/kde-olivares/kdeprint_sVYpo2Vb' ). The other method of using select all copy and add paste to text editor gets the following garbage: e !w m r ol0 a»taUsTsciPiaPcyPg7sy roemregymoao0 syeomolroilv© ts.utmsfemorhPcemirG2r c nealio penniozms,nse mGb AunrLitnrlpem urtefaA s.eGtghseb oNPi .gc asM ac om vm taekut peolwaaiin/coo/coGoGt up.ml:ssearerae cn oa birs poottwoli aport.o,vscuofG mrnaa asud tb mao soucaahgheoib rsst meyribhalitiG/imlitcw 8R mmlotatIm'hmleipepcyyceoI nesc'Gc neaaoeoeoooourle ocyene erLorotpyaueenaiY easaiIcn nnr.enulowcaeinu mN aygyoehocao m?w aptyGnsbrunos u lmnyetgrtt nb gidlehthnGjt' o ye(rbdol8C c gmiitkloi n ntasAcetweiagv miRgi:ttaPwefgnite.vceae7a.so utut.pmUmnl,asiea,eafuesmt1efot yeesdS oGalntdtdihns19eF rhcoie:n a:eare)nteaytg9hestrrs Gra heosaenltneirhh ra.usetelmunU wcliahosmaeto.aorev47rO oAeneisrsemeadeeanslcsas trow seohnhnealefy'd2tte beodoeoae mlfrnefeesnm crlhcdfrpn iueac awrpu caL ro mnuhhnlnteGlnti,Aiitilfoi me.tbeot,ao otoiaegfsev eoitccsokniicfia tdloaeg GobuliwwaG altxbtimhpm ivdAetoses Wi,l.eludae I used ps2pdf option with the following option and it did not work [olivares@localhost Documents]$ ps2pdf -dEmbedAllFonts=true gmail.ps If I can find something that succeeds in creating a copyable text pdf, I'll share it with the list. Otherwise, I have failed :( Regards, Antonio [olivares@localhost Documents]$ echo $(date +%Y/%m/%d~%H:%M:%S) 2007/08/12~16:30:05 [olivares@localhost Documents]$ cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) [olivares@localhost Documents]$ uname -iprm 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 athlon i386 [olivares@localhost Documents]$ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/
