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Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net> [09-05-10 12:35]: |
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> meino.cramer@×××.de schrieb: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > does anyone know a trick/package, which allows my to |
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> > convert the pages of a pdf file to images via the commandline |
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> > (useable from a script). |
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> > I have a/LOT/ of datasheets of electronics and want to make |
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> > something like a "pdf gallery" to find pdfs faster... |
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> > |
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> > Thanks a lot for any help in advance! |
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> > Kind regards, |
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> > Meino Cramer |
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> > |
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> |
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> You can use pdftopnm (app-text/poppler) to generate bitmap images from |
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> your pdfs. Then you can use pnmtopng (media-libs/netpbm) to create pngs |
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> from them. I suppose there are also tools for creating jpegs and such |
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> alike but I haven't looked yet. |
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> You will probably need some tweaking to get optimal results but the |
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> process should be straight forward. |
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> Make sure you have enough disk space spare. Those pnms can be quiet huge. |
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Thanks a lot for all tipe! |
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I will use pdftoppm now. |
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Here is a quick script written on the commandline to do this job. |
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(I use zsh.) |
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mkdir PDFviews |
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cd PDFviews |
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for i in ../*.pdf ../*.PDF |
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do |
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fn=${i:r} |
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fn=${fn:t} |
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fn=${fn}.png |
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pdftoppm -f 1 -l 1 $i > tmp.ppm |
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ppmtojpeg < tmp.ppm > $fn |
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done |
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rm -f tmp.ppm |
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Have a nice sun(ny)day ! |
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Meino |
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-- |
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Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments |
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unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. |
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See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |
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