Re: [htdig-dev] parsing pdf-files

[Gilles D. <gr...@sc...>]

According to =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Z=F6llner=2C_Raymond=22?=:
> I'm using SuSE Linux 8.1, installed ht://Dig 3.2.0b5 for several 
> virtual-webs under tomcat and it works fine.
>  
> The only problem is to parse pdf-files.
>  
> When I use ht://Dig 3.2.0b5 I get the error message on digging a 
> pdf-file: "not Parseable"
>  
> When I use ht://Dig 3.1.6 with the same configuration file (that 
> contains 'pdf_parser: /usr/X11R6/bin/acroread -toPostScript'),
> htdig is able to read the same pdf-files.

The pdf_parser attribute was taken out in 3.2, due to the support
headaches it causes.  See http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html#q1.13 and
http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html#q4.9 (especially the last few
paragraphs of 4.9).

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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <gr...@sc...>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)