Re: A simple question on copy/paste
Hi Les Mikesell and folks,
I got my problem half-solved, print a webpage as .pdf file direct on
Internet.
Steps:
FC5_64 KDE desktop
File -> Print -> (on "Print" window) "Printer Name" select
"PostScript/default -> click "Properties" -> Change "lpr
${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}" to "kprinter
--stdin"
(w/o quote) then [OK]
Clicking "Print" will start "Print-KPrinter" and from there select
"Print to File(PDF) Under "Output file: type /path/to/your.pdf
Text on the .pdf file thus created worked with copy/paste command if
read on "Acroread". BUT ONLY strange symbol pasted on .txt file.
I think there will be something wrong on the running "Acroread".
Because each time evoking it started a warning;
"There was an error while loading the plug-in 'PPKLite.api'. The
plug-in failed to initialize [OK]"
Ghostscript includes a program called ps2ascii that might have a
chance at some ps and pdf files where evince won't copy the text
but even that won't work on the ones that have been rendered to
images.
ps2ascii is running on this box;
# which ps2ascii
/usr/bin/ps2ascii
It can't help.
$ ps2ascii /path/to/file.ps
\Delta \Theta \Lambda \Xi \Pi \Sigma \Pi \Upsilon \Phi \Xi \Psi \Omega
ff\Phi \Lambda \Xi fi\Phi \Psi fl\Psi ffi\Upsilon ffl\Xi \Psi \Omega
\Lambda \Xi \Sigma \Phi \Psi \Lambda i\Psi \Delta \Theta ji\Pi
`\Upsilon \Theta '\Psi ^i*\Pi \Psi \Delta \Theta _\Sigma i\Upsilon
\Theta \Lambda \Psi \Omega \Xi `*\Pi \Upsilon \Lambda ff *\Lambda
\Lambda \Sigma ,ssssaeaeaeoe\Xi \Phi o/oe`ifiss\Phi \Xi `*\Pi \Upsilon
\Lambda ffssAE\Pi \Lambda \Upsilon `OE\Xi oeAE\Phi \Sigma O/\Delta
_\Upsilon \Lambda i\Pi \Upsilon AEOE\Phi !"#$$$% $\Psi ij\Psi &
'(ss'$ss)''(\Psi '(,'&\Psi *+
....
.....
* end *
No conversion made.
B.R.
SL