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bug#17059: 24.3; cannot view extracted text for a pdf
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#17059: 24.3; cannot view extracted text for a pdf |
Date: |
Fri, 30 May 2014 22:06:19 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) |
> go into emacs. I will enclose my .emacs or attach.
[...]
> Then find a pdf with text.
What does "with text" mean, here?
> In emacs23 you immediately get the unable to render file prompt.
Hmm... no I get to see the PDF rendered by ghostscript.
> In 24, you get the pdf raw.
Hmm... no I get to see the PDF rendered by ghostscript.
> By the way, this is done from a text console.
Ah, now you tell us. OK, starting over:
> In emacs23 you immediately get the unable to render file prompt.
Indeed, and it prompts me if I want to see the extracted text (I said
yes, and it did show me the text).
> In 24, you get the pdf raw.
Indeed. I can't remember this being a conscious change, so it looks
like a bug.
> Now do escape-x and type docview-mode.
> Now you get the unable to render file prompt.
Yup, I get that too.
> When you hit y to the view extracted text instead, you get the
> following: DocView: process pdf->txt changed status to killed.
Hmmm... I don't see that here (with Debian's "emacs24 -nw -Q foo.pdf"),
it shows me the extracted text just fine.
Stefan
- bug#17059: 24.3; cannot view extracted text for a pdf,
Stefan Monnier <=