view pdf & .doc without X

sub_slack · 10-31-2003, 03:06 PM

How to view .pdf and .doc in terminal mode ?

frogman · 10-31-2003, 03:24 PM

.pdf, not sure.

For .doc files use wv, which (if you've got it installed) converts .doc & .rtf files to html format.

Then simply use lynx to read the html files.

(admittedly long-winded, but I convert .doc to html a lot)

sub_slack · 11-01-2003, 01:34 PM

doesnt anyone know how to view .pdf

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 01:37 PM

Try "pdftotext".

sub_slack · 11-01-2003, 01:42 PM

Thanks , pdftotext works great , but the output text isnt formated very well, what is the best way to view it? i tried 'less' and it was hard to read

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 01:47 PM

I don't think it will format it well because of the way pdfs are made up. They are afterall supposed to be viewed graphically.

SharpyWarpy · 11-07-2003, 06:17 PM

There's a program called svp, works using svgalib. It isn't perfect but it does work for pdf files. Also, fbgs -- which comes with fbi -- works using the frambuffer, but it isn't as good as svp.