#79758 - quadomatic - Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:23 pm
Can moonshell read pdf?
#79759 - falcon!!! - Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:24 pm
if you intend *.txt files, yes it certainly can.
#79768 - tepples - Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:09 pm
Then how does one convert PDF to text?
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#79794 - m2pt5 - Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:40 am
If someone were to write a PDF plugin for Moonshell, then it could read them.
One does not currently exist, however.
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#79834 - Dudu.exe - Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:10 am
| m2pt5 wrote: |
If someone were to write a PDF plugin for Moonshell, then it could read them.
One does not currently exist, however. |
with the DS memory? i dont think so.. maybe if it only few text inside..
the best options is tu use a virtual printer that outputs jpgs files
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#79870 - Mr. Picklesworth - Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:07 pm
My vision (for what it's worth) for viewing multimedia files on the DS which contain both text and images - like PDFs and HTML pages - is to use Alt text to display images. When the Alt text is clicked, the image is opened as a full page. Pressing a slightly more prominent than usual Back button (or double clicking the image?) would bring us back to where we were.
Thus, the images are all singled out and viewed by explicit request of the user so we aren't viewing hundreds of images, text, and videos at the same time.
(Perhaps smaller images could be displayed automatically based on RAM availability...).
I agree, a PDF plugin in Moonshell would be great if it's possible!
There are lots of files that only really work as PDFs, such as the Wilhelm I-Ching Translation.
What we need first, though, is some code to read the things.
Any ideas?
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#79898 - kevinc - Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:13 am
Well, the specs are 12 MB, so good luck with that.:)